Sound Devices
Stanza and Lines
Elements of Poetry
Figures of Speech
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
What is alliteration
100

What do you call a 5 lined Stanza?

What is Cinquain

100
The use of "word pictures" to increase the emotional impact or to describe with greater detail
What is imagery
100
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using like or as
What is simile
100
A sound word that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
What is onomatopoeia
100

What do you call a 3 lined Stanza?

What is Tercet

100
The repetition of ending sounds in two or more words
What is Rhyme
100
A technique where an inanimate object is given human qualities
What is personification
200

The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words

What is assonance

200

What do you call a 7 lined stanza?

What is Septet

200
Elements in poetry that appeal to the ear
What is sound device
200
An exaggeration for humor or emphasis
What is hyperbole
200

Peter Parker wanted a new pepper for his piper.

What is Alliteration

200

What is a Stanza?

What is a couple of lines in sections with rhyme and rhythm

200
This is the pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem
What is rhyme scheme
200

What are the 8 figures of speech?

What is: Simile, Metaphor, Irony, Hyperbole, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration and Assonance

400

What sound device is present in the sentence below?

“The leaves crunched and crackled under my feet as I walked through the forest.”

What is Onomatopoeia

400

What is the rhyming pattern of this poem?

The wind runs through the dancing trees,
It whispers tales upon the breeze.
Of mountains high and oceans deep,
Of stars that sing us into sleep.

It rustles leaves with gentle care,
And lifts the birds into the air.
It carries dreams both far and wide,
Like ships upon a silver tide.

What is AABBCCDD

400

What is Poetry?

What is a form of literature that uses carefully chosen words, often arranged in lines and stanzas, to evoke emotions, ideas, or experiences through imaginative and rhythmic language.

400

Identify the 3 figures of speech in the text.

The sun smiled down on the sleepy village, wrapping it in golden warmth. “Wake up!” chirped the birds, as if they were the town’s tiny alarm clocks. The trees waved their leafy hands in the wind, cheering on the children racing down the hills. They ran like the wind, their laughter dancing in the air. Even the clouds, lazy and soft, seemed to float in joy. 

What is: Personification, Simile, Onomatopoeia