Elements of Poetry
Mixed Bag
Types of Poetry
Poetry Characteristics
Examples
100
The use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
What is Alliteration?
100
Jimmy Goes to the City by Arthur Read Jimmy was a happy ape Until some hunters caught him He liked the jungle better than The city where they brought him The city was louder The city was meaner Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner So Jimmy made a daring escape! The hunters were suddenly minus one ape! He climbed the tallest building Because from there he'd see How far away the jungle was From the middle of the city. Jimmy jumped into a passing plane But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain Jimmy flew back to the jungle And told his ape friends in their lair "The city's okay for a visit But you couldn't make me live there."
What is a narrative poem?
100
Poetry that does not rhyme but does have rhythm. It has some rhyme, alliteration, or other language pattern.
What is free verse?
100
A collection of words that express an emotion or idea, sometimes with a specific rhythm
What is poem?
100
The raggedy Rolls-Royce rolled richly down the road.
What is alliteration?
200
The ability to form mental images of things or events.
What is imagery?
200
Stand up and give your own example of a free verse poem.
What is free verse? Example.
200
An ancient Japanese form of non-rhyming poetry that creates a mental picture and makes an emotional statement.
What is haiku?
200
Realistic Poetry vs. Non-realistic Poetry
What is fiction and nonfiction?
200
Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is personification?
300
When an object or idea does something only a human can do.
What is personification?
300
Give your own example of onomatopoeia.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A nonsense form of rhyming verse, usually surprising and humorous.
What is limerick?
300
The movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
What is rhythm?
300
Green and speckled legs, Hop on logs and lily pads Splash in cool water.
What is a haiku?
400
Words that make their sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Give an example of consonance.
What is consonance?
400
A japanese inspired poem of five lines, usually two, four, six, eight, and two syllables in each line.
What is cinquain?
400
The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
What is repetition?
400
There once was a lady named Sue Who had nothing whatever to do And who did it so badly I thought she would gladly Have stopped before she was through.
What is limerick?
500
When a writer repeats the vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of words.
What is assonance?
500
Give an example of assonance.
What is assonance?
500
A fourteen line verse consisting of three four-line stanzas (quatrains), each with its own rhyme pattern, and ending with a couplet.
What is sonnet?
500
Language used in a special way to create a special effect made up of words.
What is figurative language?
500
Look up… From bleakening hills Blows down the light, first breath Of wintry wind…look up, and scent The snow!
What is a cinquain?
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