Poetic techniques 1
Personification gives human qualities to non-human things. True or False?
What is true?
When words end with the same sound, they do this.
What is rhyme?
This is the term for words that imitate the sound they describe, like "buzz" or "splash."
What is onomatopoeia?
A simple sentence has only one subject and one verb. True or False?
What is true?
This Disney character has long hair that she lets down from a tower.
Who is Rapunzel?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of this poetic technique.
What is alliteration?
Identify the personification in this sentence: "The leaves danced in the wind."
What is danced?
This is the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
What is a simile compares using "like" or "as," and a metaphor directly says something is something else?
Create a compound sentence by joining these two ideas: "The dog barked. The cat ran away."
What is "The dog barked, so the cat ran away"?
This is the name of the sea witch who takes Ariel’s voice in The Little Mermaid.
Who is Ursula?
A metaphor says something is something else, not just like it. Finish this metaphor: "The classroom was a ______."
What is a zoo?
Why is personification used in poetry?
What is it makes objects or ideas seem more alive or relatable?
Turn this simile into a metaphor: "Her smile was like sunshine."
What is "Her smile was sunshine"?
Combine these clauses into a complex sentence:
"I love reading books."
"Because they take me to different worlds."
What is "I love reading books because they take me to different worlds"?
Which European city is famous for the Eiffel Tower and is known as "The City of Light"?
Where is Paris?
Create a sentence with at least five words that alliterate with the letter "B."
Accept any reasonable sentence like "Bobby's big blue balloon bounced brilliantly."
What effect does onomatopoeia have on a poem?
What is it makes the poem more vivid and helps the reader imagine sounds?
Explain why this sentence is not alliteration: "Tom took a trip to the store."
What is because the words start with the same letter but don’t have the same sound? ("Took" and "to" have different sounds.)
Write a complex sentence that starts with a dependent clause using "Although."
Accept any reasonable complex sentence like "Although it was raining, we still went outside."
This city is the largest in Japan and is known for its towering skyline.
Where is Tokyo?
Write your own two-line rhyming verse about an animal.
Accept reasonable responses, e.g., "The lion roared with pride, / As he watched the gazelles hide."
True or False: Alliteration only happens when the first letter of each word is the same.
What is false (it's based on the sound, not just the letter)?
Identify all the poetic techniques in this sentence:
"The storm roared with fury, lightning danced across the sky, and the trees bowed to the wind's mighty howl."
What are personification (lightning danced, trees bowed), onomatopoeia (roared, howl), and alliteration (wind's mighty)?
Create a sentence with an adverbial phrase that answers the question "When?"
Accept reasonable responses like "She will arrive in the morning."
This city in Brazil is famous for its Carnival and its giant Christ the Redeemer statue.
Where is Rio de Janeiro?