Vocabulary
Parts of a Poem
Figurative Language
Rhyme or NOT?
Meaning and more.
100
This is an ___________.
What is an aardvark?
100
The structure or appearance of a poem is called its ___________.
What is form?
100
He was as hungry as a shark.
She shined like a star.
Are example of ________________.
What are similes?
100
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is an example of ______________.
What is alliteration?
100
Little Red Riding Hood trades in her red cloak for something else at the end of Roald Dahl's poem. What is she wearing?
What is a wolfskin coat?
200
What is the definition of anticipation?
Anticipation is to have excitement about something before it happens.
200
Each section of a poem is called a __________. (They are similar to paragraphs)
What is a stanza?
200
You are the apple of my eye.
I could eat a horse.
Are examples of _____________.
What are metaphors?
200
Saying the same letters, sounds, or words over and over again is known as ___________.
What is repetition?
200
What are each of these lines an example of? 
What is alliteration?
300
What is the definition of the word fester?
Fester means to grow infected.
300
Stanzas are made up of ____________ and are separated by a (stanza) ______________.
What are lines and a stanza break?
300
What does the simile "dry up like a raisin the in the sun" mean in the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes?
It means to shrivel up or that if you don't follow your dreams they will shrivel up.
300
Words that share only the final consonant sound are a special type of rhyme called ______________.
What is slant rhyme?
300
How does Nikki Giovanni feel about libraries and librarians? How do we know? Provide evidence from the poem. 
She really likes them. Evidence varies, but she remembers the librarian's smiles, she has a lot of anticipation, and the language of the poem is positive.
400
This is an example of a ______________.
What is a card catalog?
400
How many stanzas does this poem have? 
What is four stanzas?
400
Write your own example of a simile. Remember similes use like or as.
Answers will vary. Teacher awards points.
400
Poems don't always rhyme. When a poem doesn't rhyme or contain a set number of beats it is written in __________.
What is free verse?
400
This poem is an example of what text structure? (Hint the first line is one thing, the second line is another).
What is question and answer?
500
The time period just before Langston Hughes wrote Harlem was called the __________________. Why?
What is the Harlem Renaissance? It was called the Harlem Renaissance because it was period of artistic and cultural development in Harlem.
500
How many lines, how many stanzas, and how many stanza breaks are there in this poem?
What are 11 lines, 4 stanzas, and 3 stanza breaks?
500
Write your own example of a metaphor.
Answers will vary. Teacher awards points.
500
When writing a poem the poet may choose to include words with the same sound to end each line. For example:
There once was a guy name Fred.
Who liked to stand on his head.
This is called a _____________.
What is a rhyme scheme?
500
How many similes can you identify in this poem? 
What are five?
- Fester like a sore
- Dry up like a raisin in the sun
- Stink like rotten meat
- Crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet
- sages like a heavy load