Figurative Language
Poetic Devices
Forms of Poetry
Theme/Mood
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 without any kind of pattern.
What is free verse?
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?
200
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
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 poem that focuses on nature and has 17 syllables.
What is a haiku poem?
200
The emotion or feeling that the poet is getting across to the reader.
What is mood?
300
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
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?
300
A poem that is silly and has a rhyme scheme AABBA.
What is a limerick?
300
What is the mood of this poem? The dark night Shadows all around Fearful sounds A high pitched screetch
What is terrifying/scary?
400
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400
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?
400
Green grass, freshly cut Chirping birds building straw nests Warm breeze in the air
What is a haiku poem?
400
What mood is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
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