Poetry Jeopardy

Type of Poems

100

slow moving river
flash of iridescent blue
a kingfisher strikes

Haiku

200

These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow. . the hour
Before the dawn. . the mouth of one
Just dead.

Cinquain

300

There was an Old Man with a beard

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen, 

Four Larks and a Wren

Have all built their nests in my beard!'

Limerick

400

Cuddly

Acrobatic

Tenacious and terrifying

Softly purring

Acrostic

500

I have eaten
the plums
that were
in the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Free Verse

Rhyme Schemes

100

I have a cat. 

I have a mouse. 

I have a hat. 

I have a house. 

ABAB

200

Jack and Jill went up a hill

To fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after

ABCB

300

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fill the lawn's wide dish

And night and noon

The wind's a spoon

That stirs them with a swish

ABCCB

400

I do not like green eggs and ham

I do not like them Sam I am

I do not like them in a boat

I do not like them with a goat

I do not like them in a house

I do not like them with a mouse

AABBCC

500

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high over vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 

ABABCC

Poetic Devices

100

Janie read a book by the babbling brook.

Alliteration

200

I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish.

Consonance

300

My Cadillac was completely crushed in a car crash

Alliteration

400

Go slow over the road

Assonance

500

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Consonance

Definitions

100

a humorous poem five lines long in which the first, second, and fifth lines have one rhyme and the third and fourth another.

Limerick

200

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Haiku

300

a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

Acrostic

400

also known as a quintain or quintet, is a poem or stanza composed of five lines.

Cinquain

500

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Free Verse

Mrs. Bush

100

How old am I?

27

200

How many children do I have?

3

300

Which color do I least like?

Pink

400

What kind of pet do I have?

A dog

500

What was the last grade I taught?

1st