Poems with Formulas
This poem uses a single word, written vertically, with all words relating to a common theme branching out.
What is an acrostic poem?
"Leapin' lizards lay around lazily" is an example of which sound device?
Alliteration
This form of figurative language gives human qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
What is a literary device used to create a multi-sensory experience?
Imagery
Precise
Originality
Extravagant
Trying
Rhyme
Yours
This is an example of which poem?
Acrostic
What is the formula for Haiku?
3 lines:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
"The sun is shining bright,
What a lovely sight"
Is an example of which sound device?
Rhyme
Deafening Silence is an example of what?
Oxymoron
Which senses can be created through the use of imagery?
ALL of them!
"School is out, warm days,
Watermelon, sweet and red,
Hanging out with friends."
This is an example of which poem?
Haiku
This poem is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, with a distinct rhyming pattern.
Limerick
This rhyme occurs within a line rather than at the end of a line, what is it called?
Internal Rhyme
"The sun played hide and seek in clouds" is an example of which figurative device?
Personification
What are three tools authors can use in their writing of poetry?
Sound devices, figurative language, imagery
What is Miss Moore's favourite poem we're read so far?
Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market
What is the rhyming pattern for limerick?
AABBA
Swish is an example of which sound device?
Onomatopoeia
The definition: a figure of speech that is used to make an indirect comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. Represents which figurative device?
Metaphor
"There once was a fish who could talk.
He wanted to learn how to walk.
He got out from the sea,
Fell right onto me,
And I nearly died from great shock."
This is an example of which poem?
Limerick
What colour kites danced across the sky in our imagery art poem?
Red, yellow, and blue
What is the formula for the syllables per line in a limerick?
Line 1: 7-10 syllables
Line 2: 7-10 syllables
Line 3: 5-7 syllables
Line 4: 5-7 syllables
Line 5: 7-10 syllables
The use of words which sound, mimics sounds, or sounds like what they mean. This defines which term?
Onomatopoeia
As easy as shooting fish in a barrel is an example of which figurative device?
Simile
"The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic."
This is a definition for what?
Theme
What is this passage describing:
this torpedo
from the ocean
depths,
a missile
that swam
the Tuna from the market