Poetic Devices
Kinds of Poetry
Themes
Poets
100
Simile
What is a device that uses 'like or as'
100
Narrative
What is a poem that uses story-telling and is usually really long?
100
Love
What is a theme that talks about good feelings and romance?
100
William Shakespeare
What is an author made famous in the 16th century who wrote sonnets?
200
Personification
What is a device that uses human characteristics to describe inanimate objects?
200
Haiku
What is a short, Japanese poem about nature?
200
Anger
What is a theme usually associated with feelings of hate or wanting justice for something?
200
William Blake
What is the author who wrote "Tyger"
300
Metaphor
What is a device that makes a comparison without using 'like or as'
300
Cinquain
What is a poem that is only five lines long?
300
Death
What is a theme that talks about things ending, sorrow, and graves?
300
Alfred Noyes
What is the author who wrote "The Highwayman"?
400
Alliteration
What is a device that has two or more words with the same sound at the beginning of each word?
400
Concrete Poetry
What is a poem that tells its message in the form of a shape?
400
Life
What is a theme that addresses things growing and being alive?
400
Robert Service
What is the author who wrote "The Cremation of Sam McGee?
500
Hyperbole
What is a device that uses obvious and intentional exaggeration?
500
Sonnet
What is a type of poem that was made popular by William Shakespeare?
500
Revenge
What is a theme that is surrounded by plotting, anger, and trying to right a wrong?
500
Alfred Lord Tennyson
What is the author who wrote "The Lady of Shalott?
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