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What am I?
What am I (Pt. 2)
Definitions
Definitions (Pt. 2)
Name That Rhyme Scheme!
100
As cold as ice
What is a similie?
100
Their relationship was a ticking time-bomb
What is a metaphor?
100
The pattern of rhyme
What is rhyme scheme?
100
A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
What is a similie?
100
I'll sing you a poem of a silly young king/ Who played with the world at the end of a string/ But he only loved one single thing/ And that was just a peanut-butter sandwich. -Shel Silverstein
What is A, A, A, B?
200
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
What is alliteration?
200
The insect buzzed past
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Lines of poetry that are written without rules: no regular beat and no rhyme
What is free verse?
200
Two lines that run together and rhyme
What is a couplet?
200
...can't even think about it/ 'cause my brain is in it/ So I guess I'll sit down/ on this rock/ and rest for just a minute... -Shel Silverstein
What is A, A, B, C, A?
300
A A B B C C
What is rhyme scheme?
300
The tree stood still to offer us fruit
What is personification?
300
Language that conveys meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words
What is figurative language?
300
When a word sounds like the object or action expressed
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom?/ He got tickled by his mom./ Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor,/ Laughed and rolled right out the door./ -Shel Silverstein
What is A, A, B, B?
400
After the snow, the flowers grow
What is internal rhyme?
400
Example: Live your life to the fullest; enjoy the little things in life
What is a theme?
400
Repetition of consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
400
A line or group of lines repeated at regular intervals
What is a refrain?
400
That time of year thou mayst in me behold/ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/ Upon these boughs which shake against the cold/ Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang -William Shakespeare
What is A, B, A, B?
500
"In the Big Rock Candy Mountains..." or "The wheels on the bus go round and round..."
What is a refrain?
500
Each flavor is so very SWEET/ But chocolate chip cannot be BEAT.
What is end rhyme?
500
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
500
The pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a line of poetry; the beat
What is rhythm?
500
Smiling is contagious,/ you catch it like the flu,/ When someone smiled at me today,/ I started smiling too./ I passed around the corner,/ and someone saw my grin/ When he smiled, I quickly realized/ I'd passed it on to him.* I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth, A single smile, just like mine, could travel round the earth. So, if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected - Let's start an epidemic quick and get the world infected (Find the first stanza's rhyme scheme) -Anonymous
What is A, B, C, B, D, E, F, E?