Poem Pieces
A group of related lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
This refers to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. (Zoom, zap, bap.)
What is onomatopoeia?
This is a repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words.
What is rhyme?
This type of poem tells a story, often making use of the voices of the narrator and the characters as well.
What is a narrative poem?
This poet wrote books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic."
Who was Shel Silverstein?
This is the repetition of the same beginning sound, like in tongue twister.
What is alliteration?
This is a form of Japanese poetry that expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
What is a haiku?
This type of poetry uses wit, wisdom, and humor.
What is humorous poetry?
This is a figure of speech in which a thing, and idea, or an animal is given human attributes.
What is personification?
This person is responsible for writing entertaining children's books that always rhyme, sometimes with nonsense words like a wocket in my pocket.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This is a type of poem that tells a story or has literary elements
What is a narrative?
This is a statement or a question with a hidden meaning that forms a puzzle to be solved.
What is a riddle?
This is the use of any of the five senses in a poem.
What is imagery?
This type of poem has a topic idea running down the left side of the poem.
What is an acrostic?
This is a figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike. (An eraser is as pink as a pig.)
What is a simile?
This type of poem has no real rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse?
What is the pattern or rhythm of the poem, focusing on syllables?
What is meter?
This is a shaped verse where the words make various shapes.
What is a concrete poem?
This is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another. (Our lights are rainbows.)
What is a metaphor?
This type of poetry expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person (I).
What is lyric poetry?