Shapes
I am a fruit. I am yellow and curved like a smile. Monkeys love me.
What is a Banana?
"He eats like a pig."
What is a simile?
If you pet a cat, it makes this sound. (Give me a word!)
What is Meow / Purr / Hiss?
This device gives human feelings to non-human objects.
What is Personification?
A poem has no rhyme and no specific rhythm.
What is Free Verse?
I fall from the clouds. I am round at the bottom and pointy at the top. Plop!
What is a Raindrop?
"The classroom was a zoo."
What is a metaphor?
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
"The Typhoon Signal No. 8 screamed at the windows." What is the human action here?
What is Screamed?
A poem has 4 stanzas. Each stanza has 4 lines. How many lines in total?
What are 16 lines?
I am shaped like a diamond. I have a long tail and I fly when it is windy.
What is a Kite?
Fill in the blank: "As busy as a _______."
What is bee?
Identify the Onomatopoeia: "The sausages sizzled and popped in the frying pan."
What is sizzled / popped?
"The sun smiled down on us." What is being personified?
What is the sun?
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
I have no legs. I shape myself like the letter "S" when I slither on the ground.
What is a Snake?
Fill in the blank: "The exam was easy. It was a piece of _______."
What is cake?
Which Marvel superhero uses alliteration in his name: Iron Man, Peter Parker, or Captain America?
Who is Peter Parker?
"The baby cried all night." Is this personification?
What is No?
A poem that looks like a Diamond or a Tree on the paper is called this.
What is a Shape Poem?
I am curved like a hook with a dot at the bottom. You MUST use me at the end of every Jeopardy answer!
What is a Question Mark?
Change this metaphor into a simile: "The classroom is an icebox."
What is "My bedroom is like an icebox" OR "My bedroom is as cold as an icebox"?
Listen carefully: "The buzzing bee bit my brother." Which device is used here? Trick question!
What is Alliteration and Onomatopoeia?
("Buzzing" is a sound, "Buzzing bee bit brother" is alliteration.)
Finish the sentence with personification: "The alarm clock ______ at me this morning."
What is Yelled / Screamed / Stared?
This is like a "paragraph" in a poem.
What is a Stanza?