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Elements of Poetry
Sensory
Vocabulary
You Tell Me
What does it Mean
100
Shhhh! Wack! Zoom are all examples of what element of poetry?
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Love is lime-green like two pickles squeaking together. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sound?
100
Giving non-living things or animals human qualities. Ex. The light danced to Earth
What is personification?
100
As the wind does blow Across the trees, I see the Buds blooming in May
What is a Haiku?
100
Shades of gray surround my eyes, No color in my life- Oh how I try Rain clouds above my head I just want to stay in bed
What is sadness?
200
This poem is an example of what? I am a sword, Sharper than a tongue Nobody can defeat me, Because I am a sword, I can not be hurt by what people say About me, I will not show my anger Against Someone else. By Alex
What is a metaphor?
200
I opened the bedroom door and was overwhelmed by the thought of a basketball players socks that has been worn for a week without being washed. This appeals to what sense?
What is smell?
200
Comparing two things without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
Crazy Corbin caught five freaky fish Friday with wild William.
What is alliteration?
200

My baby brother is so small, 

he hasn't even learned to crawl. 

He's only been around a week, 

and all he seems to do it bawl

and wiggle, sleep... and leak 

What is my baby brother.

300
"I have the measles and the mumps, a gash, a rash and purple bumps." What poetry element does this poem have?
What is rhyme?
300
The vibrant rainbow glistened as it cascaded from the bright blue sky to the emerald green grass below. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sight?
300
When two or more words end with the same sound. Ex. Rose and toes
What is rhyme?
300
Sweet strawberries like honey on my tongue.
What is a Sensory, taste?
300
The lightning and thunder They go and come; But the stars and the stillness Are always at home.
What is home is safe and calm?
400
Bossy Bridgette likes to eat Bolivian brownies because she is a bad baker. What poetry element does this sentence show?
What is alliteration?
400
The cats fur was like a soft cotton blanket that was worn, but was fluffy and velvety. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is touch?
400

A paragraph in a poem that is larger than a line, but not the whole poem.

What is a stanza?

400
5-7-5
What is the number of syllables in a haiku poem?
400

"The One Who Runs"

A ripple in the morning mist,
With muscles coiled and lightning-kissed.
A shadow breaks the hush of dawn,
Then vanishes across the lawn.

A whisper thunders through the ground,
As hooves (unseen) beat out their sound.
The wind is braided in her mane,
A comet racing through the plain.

What is horse

500
The chair sat there waiting for me to sit down. What poetry element is shown in this sentence?
What is personification?
500
Bang! Boom! Zoom! The cars sped by cracking the air as they passed by. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sound?
500
When a word is spelled just like the sound it makes. Ex. Zoom
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get?
What is a simile?
500
At the Seaside ~Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup, In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more.
What is digging in the sand at the beach?