Types of Poems
Poetic Devices
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Example Sample
Poetic Units
100
FINAL JEOPARDY: (place your bets)
What is the name of the poet who wrote Where I'm From?
George Ella Lyon
100
a word that sounds like what it describes
Onomatopoeia
100
repetition of the same letter or sound
Alliteration
100
Peter is a tall as a tree.
Simile
100
a single segment of speech; a word or part of a word
Syllable
200
AABBA
Limerick
200
an exaggerated statement used to emphasize effect
Hyperbole
200
A direct comparison of two unlike things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
200
This is an example of WHAT kind of poem?
Acrostic
200
a group of lines in a poem; a verse.
Stanza
300
3 lines of 14-16 syllables with a TWIST
Sijo
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name the scientific words for the 5 senses
Visual, Auditory, Gustatory, Olfactory, Tactile
300
In the poem Toothbrush to a Bicycle Tire by Sarah Kay, what is the poem a metaphor for?
Relationship
300
Bobby blew blue bubbles
Alliteration
300
This measurement of stressed and unstressed syllable includes:
iambic, trochaic, spondic, dactylic
Meter
400
An emotional lyric poem addressed to one person or thing
Ode
400
After the game, his arms became a bowl of udon noodles
Conceit
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! FREE FOR ALL - (120 seconds)
As a team, write an ACROSTIC for EACH of your names, but it MUST make sense AND describe each member.
400
My name is a muddy color; it means sadness
Metaphor
400
four-line stanza: AAAA, AABB, ABAB, and ABCB
Quatrain
500
What is the name of the Object-to-object poem?
Extended Metaphor
500
Repetition of the SAME word at the BEGINNING of each line
Anaphora
500
In the poem Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins, what is the relationship between the speaker of the poem and the audience?
teacher to student
500
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up is an example of which poetic device?
Anaphora
500
A list poem that recounts Hawaiian names of birds
Oli Helu