Types of Poems
Poetic Devices
Mark the Text!
Example Sample
Poetic Units
100

FINAL JEOPARDY: (place your bets)

What is the name of the poet who wrote Where I'm From?

George Ella Lyon

100

a word that sounds like what it describes

Onomatopoeia

100

repetition of the same letter or sound

Alliteration

100

Peter is a tall as a tree.

Simile

100

a single segment of speech; a word or part of a word

Syllable

200

AABBA

Limerick

200

an exaggerated statement used to emphasize effect

Hyperbole

200

A direct comparison of two unlike things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Metaphor

200

This is an example of WHAT kind of poem?

Acrostic

200

a group of lines in a poem; a verse.

Stanza

300

3 lines of 14-16 syllables with a TWIST

Sijo

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name the scientific words for the 5 senses

Visual, Auditory, Gustatory, Olfactory, Tactile

300

In the poem Toothbrush to a Bicycle Tire by Sarah Kay, what is the poem a metaphor for?

Relationship

300

Bobby blew blue bubbles 

Alliteration

300

This measurement of stressed and unstressed syllable includes:
iambic, trochaic, spondic, dactylic

Meter

400

An emotional lyric poem addressed to one person or thing

Ode

400

After the game, his arms became a bowl of udon noodles

Conceit

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! FREE FOR ALL - (120 seconds)

As a team, write an ACROSTIC for EACH of your names, but it MUST make sense AND describe each member.

400

My name is a muddy color; it means sadness

Metaphor

400

four-line stanza: AAAA, AABB, ABAB, and ABCB

Quatrain

500

What is the name of the Object-to-object poem?

Extended Metaphor

500

Repetition of the SAME word at the BEGINNING of each line

Anaphora

500

In the poem Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins, what is the relationship between the speaker of the poem and the audience? 

teacher to student

500

Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up is an example of which poetic device?

Anaphora

500

A list poem that recounts Hawaiian names of birds

Oli Helu