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 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?
100
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
200
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
200

Stop Theft by Shel Silverstein - Sound device

Policeman, policeman,

Help me please.

Someone went and stole my knees.

I'd chase him down but I suspect

My feet and legs just won't connect.

What is rhyme?

200

Pairs of lines that rhyme.

What is a couplet?

200
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
200

Stanzas made up of 4 lines, typically containing rhyme.

What is a quatrain?

300

The chirping bird is a treasure chest to many.

What is a metaphor?

300

What sound device l is used in this quote? “I can see flickerin' flutter."  (A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein)

What is alliteration?

300

A poem that tells a story and is song-like.

What is a ballad?

300
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
300
Where a line of poetry ends.
What is a line break?
400

The flame of the candle is like an ocean, constantly shifting.

What is simile?

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

An Irish poem that is funny and have 5 lines with rhyme.

What is a limerick?

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

The trustworthy key worked at opening the safe.

What is personification?

500

Name the sound device.


"I push the light switch button and -click- the light goes on."  (Push Button, Shel Silverstein)

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Complete the poem.

Flowers are blooming

Trees are beginning to change

Must have 5 syllable.

500

What is the theme of the 3 little pigs?

Be cautious of strangers.

Working hard pays off in life.

500

Create a line of imagery about school.

Must appeal to the 5 senses.

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