Typical Types
The Building Blocks
You're a Poet!
It Is What It Is
Detecting Devices
100
3 lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
What is a haiku?
100
A comparison between two unrelated things that are similar in some way.
What is a metaphor?
100
Every poem is typically divided by the poem version of paragraphs (a.k.a. a group of lines that forms a structural division)
What is a stanza?
100
Snowflakes are falling Silently covering earth Creating silence
What is a haiku?
100
The following is an example of this: "You're as jumpy as a kangaroo!"
What is a simile?
200
2 lines that make up a stanza and rhyme
What is a couplet?
200
An exaggeration made for impact.
What is a hyperbole?
200
Write a quatrain in 2 minutes to win this question.
4 lines, at least 2 lines rhyme
200
Heroes flying through the air The wind blowing in their hair No matter what day They don't care about pay
What is a quatrain?
200
"Purple" and "Murple" are examples of this
What is rhyme?
300
4 lines that make up a stanza with at least 2 lines that rhyme
What is a quatrain?
300
Words that sound like or suggest the objects or actions being named.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Write a clerihew to win this Jeopardy square.
4 lines, AABB rhyme scheme; person's name, something about that person, something that is funny
300
Our teacher Ms. Penner Is sure not a tennor. She tries to sing But it makes our ears ring!
What is a clerihew?
300
"As hard as putty!" is an example of this
What is verbal irony?
400
A poem that makes a picture or represents a word visually.
What is a concrete/visual poem?
400
When the beginning of words that are close together start with the same constant sound or vowel
What is alliteration?
400
Write a haiku in under 2 minutes.
3 lines, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
400
Chuckie Lee Stein Is thoughtful and kind! If you are in need He’ll be there indeed!
What is a clerihew?
400
A dentist getting a cavity is an example of this
What is situational irony?
500
5 lines, AABBA rhyme scheme, follows a 3-3-2-2-3 foot meter, makes fun of everything and everyone
What is a limerick?
500
Giving human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
What is personification?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Decide how much you would like to bid on this next question. You will win double what you bet.
What is a limerick? Write an example limerick to present to the class in 2 minutes or less.
500
There was a young lady whose eyes Were unique as to colour and size When she opened them wide People all turned aside And started away in surprise.
What is a limerick?
500
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this
What is a hyperbole?
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