Identifying Poetic
Devices 1
Identifying Poetic
Devices 2
Mood, Tone,
and Misc.
Types of Poetry
Definitions
Identifying
Types of Poetry
100
Life is a broken-winged bird? That cannot fly.
What is a metaphor
100
children sleeping softly in their bedroom bunks
What is alliteration
100
The message of a poem or story
What is theme?
100
An unrhymed form of poetry consisting of five prescribed lines.  Do not have titles; the first line serves that function by announcing the topic.
What is a cinquain?
100
an angel tumbling d o w n to earth . . .
What is a concrete poem?
200
My sisters tears that sing upon my head
What is personification?
200
This test will be a piece of cake.
What is idiom?
200
A group of lines separated from other lines by breaks in the poem, similar to a paragraph
What is a stanza?
200
Are about landscape Try to capture a single moment in time
What is Haiku?
200
apple red, delicious crunching, chewing, eating my favourite snack food
What is a cinquain?
300
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard, / He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; Tlot tlot, tlot tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hooves, ringing clear; / Tlot tlot, tlot tlot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?
What is onomatopoeia?
300
She thrills no to the promise of the Dawn; She greets the hush of starlight with a yawn; And Life has sheltered her, poor thing! From all the holy joy of suffering.
What is rhyme?
300
This indicates the writer’s attitude towards what they are writing about
What is tone?
300
A funny poem of 5 lines. First line ends in proper name of place or person Lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme. Lines 3 & are shorter and rhyme. Line 5 refers to line 1.
What is a limerick?
300
rodeo loud, busy roping, riding, exciting, dozens of horses in the arena stampede
What is a cinquain?
400
I’m bigger than the entire earth More powerful than the sea Though a million, billion have tried Not one could ever stop me.
What is hyperbole?
400
“Friends are like chocolate cake You can never have too many. Chocolate cake is like heaven - Always amazing you with each taste or feeling.
What is simile?
400
The general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words.
What is mood?
400
Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables
What is Haiku?
400
There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! -- Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.”
What is a limerick?
500
The calm wind blew, The sun shone a blinding light. All around, a deafening silence as, The atmosphere changed shape.
What is oxymoron?
500
The girl ran her hands on the red, soft, satin fabric
What is imagery?
500
The main idea or message of a poem It is different than the topic The reader must interpret or infer what it is
What is theme?
500
The type of poem that uses this rhyme scheme: A A B B A
What is a limerick?
500
As the wind does blow Across the trees, I see the Buds blooming in May
What is a haiku?
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