Vocabulary
What do we call a group of lines in a poem?
What is a stanza?
"The moon was a silver coin in the sky" is an example of what?
What is a metaphor?
What do we call the ending of a line before the next line begins?
What is a line break?
What is the main message or lesson in a poem called?
What is the theme?
The way a poem looks on the page is called its what?
What is structure or form?
"The trees danced in the wind" uses what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
What rhyme scheme is this?
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
What is A B C B?
The poet’s attitude toward the subject is called what?
What is tone?
What do we call the repetition of sounds at the end of words?
What is rhyme?
"Her smile was as bright as the sun" is an example of what?
What is a simile?
Identify the rhyme scheme:
The sun is bright,
It gives us light,
We run and play,
Throughout the day.
What is A A B B?
If a poem feels cheerful and full of energy, what word might describe its tone?
What is joyful or upbeat?
What is the “voice” speaking in a poem called?
What is the speaker?
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
What is a stanza most like in regular writing?
What is a paragraph?
How is a theme different from a topic?
The topic is what the poem is about; the theme is what it teaches or reveals.
What is the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem?
What is rhyme scheme?
When words imitate sounds (like buzz or clang), what is it called?
What is onomatopoeia?
True or false: All poems have rhyme.
False.
A poem describing a soldier’s bravery might have what theme?
Courage and sacrifice are noble qualities.