Figurative Language Examples
Elements of Poetry
Poetry Types
Figurative Language
Elements of Poetry Examples
100
The flame of the candle danced in the darkness.
What is personification?
100
How the lines of a poem are grouped.
What are stanzas?
100
This type of poem is a short, seventeen syllable poem. It has three lines (1st line – 5 syllables, 2nd line – 7 syllables, 3rd line – 5 syllables).
What is a Haiku poem?
100
A word that sounds like the word it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Cat, bat, sat, hat.
What is a rhyme?
200
The boy swam like a fish.
What is a simile?
200
When the sounds of words agree (a repetition of a similar sound).
What is rhyme?
200
This type of poem is in the shape of a diamond.
What is a diamante poem?
200
When you compare two things and use the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
The phrase "I love my school," is repeated at the end of each stanza.
What is a refrain?
300
That student is the shining star of our school.
What is a metaphor?
300
The repetition of a line or phrase at certain parts of the poem, usually at the end of a stanza.
What is a refrain?
300
This type of poem originated in Japan.
What is a Haiku poem?
300
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
300
The lines in the poem are organized into four-line _________
What are stanzas?
400
Click! Clank! Thud!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When there is a pattern of beats and stresses in a poem (like a song).
What is rhythm?
400
This type of poem has five lines, follows the AABBA rhyming pattern, and is meant to be silly?
What is a limerick?
400
When the same vowel sounds are used in words close to each other.
What is assonance?
400
What the rhythm of a poem is often measured in.
What is meter?
500
I need to speak to the chief.
What is assonance?
500
The rhythm can be measured in ________ by counting the beats in each line.
What is meter?
500
This type of poem follows the A-B-A-B; C-D-C-D; E-F-E-F; G-G rhyming pattern, and it has four stanzas (3 with 4 lines and 1 with 2 lines).
What is a sonnet?
500
Comparing two things by saying that one thing is another thing (without using "like" or "as")
What is a metaphor?
500
When there is a pattern of beats and stresses in a poem (like a song).
What is rhythm?
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