Genre
Poetic Devices
Rhythm & Rhyme
Read a Poem
"The Highwayman"
100

What is the purpose of a Narrative poem?

To tell a story.

100

A paragraph in a poem is called a ________.

Stanza

100

Which of the types of poems that we read in class relies on rhythm? (Hint: Da DUM Da Da DUM Da Da Dum)

Limerick

100

What genre is the following poem?

A grey cloud unfolds

Blanketing the dark night sky

Sweet dreams, summer day.

Haiku

100

The "Highwayman" uses rhythm to mimic the sound of what?

Horse hooves

200
What genre of poetry are songs?

Lyrical poem

200

Stanza type is determined by counting the _______ of a stanza.

Lines

200

A stanza with four lines is called a ________?

Quatrain

200

What type of poem is the following:

Cuddly

Acrobatic

Tenacious and terrifying

Softly Purring

Acrostic

200

What is the main conflict of "The Highwayman"?

Forbidden love--The inn-keepers daughter is in love with an outlaw.

300

A poem where a word is written vertically and each letter is used to begin a word or phrase.

Acrostic

300

The theme of a poem is...

The central idea or message.

300

A rhyme that only has partial matching sounds.

Imperfect rhyme

300

What type of stanza is this?

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Triplet

300

How does the conflict of "The Highwayman" resolve?

Bess sacrifices herself to warn the highwayman. They are reunited as ghosts.

400

Haikus originate from what country?

Japan

400

Sound is created in poetry through the use of what two things?

Rhythm & Rhyme

400

The pattern of rhyme in a poem is called the...

Rhyme scheme

400

What genre is the following poem?

A little bird loved to sing,

In the garden in the spring.

With notes high and low,

In the sunshine's glow,

She made the whole neighborhood ring.

Limerick

400
The last two stanzas of the poem are italicized. Why does the poet make this choice?

To indicate that someone is speaking (telling a story).

500

How many lines are in a Haiku, and how many syllables are in each line?

3 lines; 5, 7, 5

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What is the difference between tone and mood? (2x points)

Tone: Poet's attitude

Mood: Reader's emotion

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What is the difference between rhythm and rhyme? (2x points)

Rhythm: The musical beats or flow of a poem.

Rhyme: The repetition of syllables in a poem.

500

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:

I shot an arrow into the air

It fell to Earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

AABB

500

Name one of the themes that "The Highwayman" discusses?

Loyalty, Love, Sacrifice