What is Poetry?
Types of Poems
Poetic Structure
Poetic Devices
Poetic Voice/Theme
100

Poetry is a type of _____________.

What is literature

100

This type of poem can be written in any way the poet chooses 

What is free verse 

100

A poem's structure includes lines, stanzas, and ____________.

What is rhyme scheme

100

Poetic devices are sound devices, imagery, and _______________. 

What is figurative language

100

The poet is the __________ of the poem.

Who is the author 

200

Poetry is a type of literature that uses musical elements of language to express ___________ and emotions.

What are thoughts 

200

A Japanese poem that has three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line 2 has seven syllables and line three has five syllables.  

What is haiku

200

Poems are arranged in _________.

What are lines

200

Poetic devices create rhythm, _________, and meaning in a poem. 

What is mood

200

The speaker is the __________ of the poem. 

Who is the narrator 

300

Poetry is written to help us understand the _________ around us.

What is the world

300

A type of humorous poem

What is a limerick 

300

In a poem, lines that are grouped together are known as ____________.

What are stanzas

300

What is imagery?

Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses.

Touch

Sight

Sound

Taste

Smell

300

The speaker’s attitude toward his or her subject is the __________ of the poem. 

What is the tone

400

Poetry helps us connect and ____________ with people.

What is empathize 

400

This type of poem will always have fourteen lines

What is a sonnet

400

A pattern of rhyme that uses the letters of the alphabet to represent sound patterns 

What is rhyme scheme

400

What are two examples of sound devices

What are:

Rhyme

Rhythm

Meter

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

400

The theme of a poem is the message about ________ or ___________ that the poem communicates.

What is life and human nature

500

Poetry helps us understand ____________ and ___________ in a deeper way.

What is life and experiences 

500

This type of poem is a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

What is an epic

500

The structure of the poem influences the ___________ of a poem. 

What is meaning

500

Name four types of figurative language.

What is a:

Smilie, Metaphor, Allusion, Alliteration, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia 

 

500

The theme of a poem can be found by looking at the poetic structure, sound devices and ____________ of a poem. 

What is poetic voice