Figurative Language
Rhymes/Sounds
Forms of Poetry
Tone/Theme/Mood
Miscellaneous
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
100
A form of poetry that tells about yourself.
What is I am or Bio poem?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
100
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
200
WOW!  That game was exciting!
What is a onomatopoeia?
200
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September," I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.
What is ABAB ABAB?
200
A form of poetry that is 7 lines in length writes about two opposite ideas and forms a diamond shape.
What is a Diamontae poem?
200
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
200
The beat created by the sounds of words in a poem?
What is Rhythm?
300
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
Poets use the 5 senses to appeal to the reader.
What is imagery?
300
A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word of phrase.
What is an Acrostic poem?
300
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
300
Repetition of ending sounds in words.
What is Rhyme?
400
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
What is repetition?
400
A type of poem with 5 lines that do not rhyme.


Double points (we have not written this one yet)

What is a Cinquain poem?
400
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
400
Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
500
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
500
What is the rhyme scheme? Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
What is ABAAB?
500
A type of poem where the author creates a list of what they see in right hand column and adds a describing word in left hand column.  (Hint:  name of poem is in the description)


Bonus:  Double points - we have not done this one yet.

What is a list poem?
500
What is the rhyme scheme of this passage: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
What is ABAAB?
500
This type of writing is opposite of Poetry.  It is organized into sentences and paragraphs.
What is Prose?
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