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Poetic Devices 1
Poetic Devices 2
Famous Poets
Poetry Presentation
Grab Bag
100
A comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
100
This famous poet wrote "Nothing Gold can Stay."
Who is Robert Frost?
100
The use of this colour can add the feelings of envy or greed to a poem.
What is green?
100
This is considered the paragraph of a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
The figure of speech in which the word sound imitates the sounds it is describing.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
A specific word choice made by the author
What is diction?
200
This famous poet wrote "In Just" and is famous for using space in his poems.
Who is e. e. cummings?
200
Making your poem shaped like a plane is a use of this type of poetry presentation.
What is shape?
200
"ABAB CDCD EFEF" is an example of this.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
What is personification?
300
"My love is as deep as the ocean" is an example of this figurative device
What is a simile
300
This famous poet wrote, "To be or not to be, that is the question!"
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
The use of space can effect the way the reader does this with the poem.
What is read?
300
A type of poem that is three lines long with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
What is a haiku?
400
An author's opinion or feeling about a particular subject evident through his writing.
What is tone?
400
"buzzzzzzzz" is an example of this figurative device.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
"Fire and Ice" is a famous poem by this poet.
Who is Robert Frost?
400
Colours are often associated with this.
What is feelings?
400
The type of poem usually written in praise of another person.
What is an ode?
500
The reader's feeling or overall atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
500
The definition of imagery.
What is an authors vivid use of language that appeals to the senses?
500
There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And his face in the fish And his big hairy paws In the buttery dish, He's nibbling the noodles, He's munching the rice, He's slurping the soda, He's licking the ice. And he lets out a roar If you open the door. And it gives me a scare To know he's in there-- That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. Is a poem by this famous poet.
Who is Shel Silverstein?
500
Adding this to your poem can give the reader a sense of what your poem is about before they even read it.
What is shape?
500
The type of poem with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA
What is a limerick?