Elements of Poetry
What is a sentence in a poem called?
A line
What element of poetry does the following line from Edgar Alan Poe's poem the bells use:
"From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
bells, bells, bells-"
Repetition
Characters is a play are called?
Cast
What is a simile? Give one example.
Its compares two thing using like or as.
What element of poetry do the following lines from "Meal Landforms" contain:
"It is a plateau of turkey pilled so high,
I can't wait to dig in on my!"
Metaphor
What is a paragraph in a poem called?
Stanza
Which element of poetry does the following line use:
While the stars that over-sprinkle,
All the heavens seem to twinkle.
Rhyme
What a the written part of a play called that has the words for characters to read?
Script
What is a metaphor? Give 1 example.
Compares two things by saying something is another.
What is the following line an example of:
"My alarm yelled at me this morning."
Personification
What is the beat a poem can have called?
Rhythm
The way a poem makes you feel is called_______.
Mood
People speaking in a play is called?
Dialouge
What is hyperbole? Give 1 example.
An exaggeration.
Which TWO elements of poetry does the following line have:
"The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee."
Alliteration, Simile
What is the message in a poem called?
Theme
The use of a symbol to represent an idea.
Symbolism
Written instructions for how or where characters stand or speak.
Stage directions
What is personification? Give two examples.
To assign human traits to non living things.
What is the following line an example of?
"My computer works very hard."
Now change it into a simile.
Personification,
EX: My computer works like a student the night before a test.
What is it called when a poet uses words that evokes your 5 senses?
Imagery
With your team write a poem using 2 elements of poetry.
Answers will vary.
What was the theme or Tortoise and the Hare?
Slow and steady wins the race
Modesty is a virtue
What is an idiom? Give 3 examples.
It is a saying that does not mean what it says.
List 5 Idioms.
Cross your fingers
Get cold feet
See eye to eye
Speak your mind
Out of the blue