Figurative Language
An onomatopoeia is?
What is a sound word
A poem that focuses on one season or all four seasons and uses imagery and sensory details to show how the season looks, feels, sounds, or symbolizes change in life or emotions.
Leaves whisper goodbye to the sun,
golden shadows stretch across the ground,
the air smells like endings and beginnings,
and autumn settles softly into the day.
What is a season poem?
A section of a poem, consists of a line or groups of lines.
What is a stanza?
The sun dips low at close of day
The sky turns soft with fading light
The birds all rest along the way
As stars awaken in the night
Name the rhyme scheme.
What is ABAB?
Create an Acrostic poem with a four letter word
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Penelope the pony playfully prances in the pasture.
(What figurative language is this?)
What is alliteration?
A poem made up of a series of items, ideas, or descriptions.
Rain on windows,
coffee cooling,
unread messages,
morning.
What is a list poem?
Words that end in the same sound.
What is rhyme?
The garden sleeps beneath the moon
Soft whispers float on silver streams
Creating a place for quiet dreams
And night wraps all in gentle tune
What is ABBA?
I’m yellow and round,
I shine in the sky,
I wake you each morning,
And wave you goodbye.
What am I?
What is the sun?
She had the power of frog legs as she hopped
(What figurative language is this?)
What is a metaphor?
A poem that describes a person (real or fictional).
Maria
Kind, creative, curious
Lover of books, music, and rainy days
Who feels hopeful about the future
Who needs encouragement and laughter
Who fears failure but tries anyway
Who gives kindness freely
Who would like to travel the world
Resident of New York
What is a bio poem?
The pattern of repeated words in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
The morning sun breaks through the haze
It warms the earth with golden rays
The flowers stretch and start to gleam
As birds awaken from their dream
What is AABB?
Write an AABB poem.
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That joke was so funny I died from laughing.
(What figurative language was used?)
What is hyperbole?
A poem that uses repetition. The same word or phrase appears at the beginning of multiple lines.
I remember the rain,
I remember the sound of your laugh,
I remember the way hope felt
before I knew its name.
What is an anaphora poem?
The repeating beat in a poem, created by stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
The wind blows softly through the night
The trees sway gently to and fro
Back and forth with the wind
While shadows dance down paths below
What is ABCB?
A poem written in a specific form. (heart, circle, square).
What is a shape poem?
Once in a blue moon, we go eat ice cream from McDonalds.
(What figurative language was used?)
What is an idiom?
A poem that focuses on words that show position, direction, time, or relationship.
Under the table,
between the chairs,
near the window,
I wait.
What is a preposition poem?
Words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition.
What is figurative language?
Rain taps lightly on the windowpane
A cat curls in the corner, purring
The world outside hums with quiet life
And I breathe, slow, into the calm
What is free verse?
This poem relies on syllables. It has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku poem?