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Figurative Language
Rhymes/Sounds
Forms of Poetry
Tone/Theme/Mood
Miscellaneous
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100

 Ding Dong, the doorbell rang 

What is onomatopoeia?

100

A form of poetry without any kind of pattern or rhyming.

What is free verse?

100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
100

Punctuation and capitalization is not important when writing poetry.

True or False

True

200

The corn went pop in the microwave!

What is a onomatopoeia?

200

What type of rhyming is this?

It looks like any building

When you pass it on the street,

Made of stone and glass and marble,

Made of iron and concrete. 

What is external rhyming?

200

A poem that has a lot of rhythm and can have rhyming. Hint: can sound like a song.

What is lyrical? 

200
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
200

A group of lines of poetry

What is stanza?

300
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300

What type of rhyming is this?

Train a horse, and of course

Have all the dogs you'd like

See the moon, a sandy dune, 

What is internal rhyming?

300
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative?
300
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
300

Identify the alliteration in the poem. 

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.

weak and weary; nodded, nearly napping

400

She sells sea shells on the sea shore. 

What is Alliteration?

400

What sound device is this? 

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again

What is repetition?

400

What type of poem is this? 

She calls me tofu

because I am so soft, 

easily falling apart.

I wish I were tough

and full of fire, like ginger. 

What is free verse poem? 

400
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
400

Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart

What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?

500
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
500

She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited.

What is alliteration? 

500

What type of poem is this? 

There was once a dog filled with greed

Who wanted much more than he needs.

When he saw his reflection

Upon further inspection

He ended with nothing, indeed

What is narrative poem? 

500

Love, Family, Friendships, and Bravery

What are examples of themes?

500

The poet adds this to make it easier for readers to create images/visuals in their head

What is sensory language/images?