Category #1
When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called...
a. Scheme
b. Rhyme
c. Alliteration
d. Repetition
B. Rhyme
Compare two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called...
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. alliteration
d. stanza
a. metaphor
The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...
a. rhyme
b. rhythm
c. onomatopoeia
d. alliteration
b. rhythm
Complete the rhyme scheme
When you and I were young, we knew
To shout and laugh, we work and play
And night was partner to the day
In all our joys. So swift time flew.
A B __ __
ABBA
What is the meaning of the simile?
After Zach left, his dog howled like a siren.
a. The dog howled at a police car.
b. The dog howled loudly for a long time.
b. The dog howled loudly for a long time.
Crash, Zoink, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of
a. Alliteration
b. Personification
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Poetry
c. Onomatopoeia
On the beautiful summer night, the trees dancing in the breeze is an example of...
a. alliteration
b. personification
c. rhyme
d. stanza
b. personification
A fifure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thing is called...
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. hyperbole
c. personification
Complete the rhyme scheme
On his roof the red leaf falls,
At his door the bluejay calls
And he hears the wood-mice hurry
Up and down his rough log walls
A A __ __
AABA
What is the meaning of the simile?
The prairie dogs burrowing into the dirt were like miners digging tunnels.
a. The prairie dogs dug up valuable metals.
b. The prairie dogs dug down into the earth.
c. The prairie dogs dug with tools.
b. The prairie dogs dug down into the earth.
Poetry is...
a. writing that is musical and artistic in nature
b. writing that expresses feelings
c. a style of writing with few rules
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Several lines grouped together in a poem...
a. line
b. stanza
c. poetry
d. repetition
b. stanza
A ______________ us a Japanese verse form with three lines. It uses imagery to create a nature scene.
a. haiku
b. limerick
c. free verse
d. lyrical
a. haiku
Complete the rhyme scheme
A light exists in Spring
No present on the year
At any other period-
When March is scarcely here
A B __ __
ABCB
What is the meaning of the simile?
The thorns on the rose's stem are like shark's teeth.
a. The rose's thorns are sharp.
b. The rose's thorns are white.
a. The rose's thorns are sharp.
This is an example of? "Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a..."
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. alliteration
d. onomatopoeia
a. simile
Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses...
a. repetition
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. imagery
d. imagery
What type of poem is this?
Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, Slurping, Smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy
a. cinquain
b. couplet
c. haiku
d. limerick
a. cinquain
Complete the rhyme scheme
Gone are the birds with sunny days
But flowers shall cheer us in their room,
And shrubs that pined in summer rays
Shall top their leafy boughs with bloom.
__ __ __ __
ABAB
What is the meaning of the simile?
My mother's hands are like silk.
a. The mother's hands are small.
b. The mother's hands are in silk gloves.
c. The mother's hands are soft
c. The mother's hands are soft
Words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point....
a. rhyme
b. repetition
c. stanza
d. alliteration
b. repetition
Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or creat a feeling or mood is called...
a. thyme
b. rhythm
c. onomatopoeia
d. alliteration
d. alliteration
A poem that uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line...
a. acrostic
b. limerick
c. concrete
d. haiku
a. acrostic
Complete the rhyme scheme
Sounds of the days of summer
Murmur and die away,
And distances hides
The long, low tides,
As night shuts out the day.
__ __ __ __
ABCCB
What is the meaning of the simile?
The girl climbs like a monkey.
a. The girl is good at climbing.
b. The girl is reaching for fruit.
a. The girl is good at climbing.