All About Poetry
True or False: Poems are meant to be read aloud.
True
A comparison between two things, using the words "like" or "as"
Which of these is a metaphor?
a.) The cat laughed at me.
b.) She is the sunlight.
c.) Boom, went the firework.
d.) Sally sold seashells on SHEIN.
b.) She is the sunlight.
The voice that talks to the reader in the poem.
a.) author
b.) poet
c.) writer
d.) speaker
d.) speaker
Group of lines arranged together in poetry
a.) paragraph
b.) group
c.) stanza
d.) rhymes
c.) stanza
An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect
Hyperbole
"The laughter crept through the closed door." is an example of:
a.) personification
b.) metaphor
c.) alliteration
d.) hyperbole
a.) personification
Poetry does not always have to rhyme.
True
a.) haiku
b.) sonnet
c.) limrick
d.) lyric
d.) lyric
A word that looks like the sound it makes.
Onomatopoeia
"Hailey heard her hound howl during the hurricane."
a.) metaphor
b.) onomatopoeia
c.) hyperbole
d.) alliteration
d.) alliteration
What form of poem is this:
She left her Stanley at home,
and now she feels alone.
couplet
A pair of rhyming lines in poetry (hint: you wrote one of these about your hobby)
couplet
Giving a nonhuman object human-like characteristics
Personification
"The candle smelled of apple pies and cinnamon on a chilly Fall night." is an example of:
a.) alliteration
b.) imagery
c.) hyperbole
d.) symbolism
b.) Imagery
A poem's structure is called:
a.) stanza
b.) form
c.) style
d.) story
Poetry with no regular pattern, rhyme, or rhythm
Free verse
Using vivid descriptions that appeal to one of the five senses.
"Excitement bursted through the hall during dismissal." is an example of:
Personification
Poem that consists of 3 lines with the pattern:
5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Haiku