Poetry Jeopardy!

Poetic Devices

100

The number of feet in a line...?"

Meter

200

Where do the rhyming words come in a poem?

At the end of each line.

300

"Her fingers flicker LIKE snakes in the air" is an example of...?

Simile

400

Which poetic device is used to give the reader a certain feeling?

Mood

500

"The sky cried all morning" is an example of which poetic device?

Personification

MORE Poetic Devices

100

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which poetic device?

Alliteration

200

The number of syllables in each line of a poem is called...?

Rhythm

300

Which poetic device is used to give an object human qualities?

Personification

400

This poetic device compares two objects WITHOUT using 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor

500

"BOOM!", "Buzz!", and "CRASH!" are examples of which poetic device?

Onomatopoeia

Finish the Rhyme

100

Every fall they fill the skies/ Alike in color, shape, and size/ They are monarch _______

butterflies

200

I do not like a rainy day/ The road is wet, the sky is _____

grey

300

"I want a hat,"/ Purred the _____

cat

400

Mercury here at number one/ Closest planet to the _____

sun

500

"Betty Botter bought a bit of _____" (*Hint: alliteration)

butter