Practicing Poetry

Practicing Poetry

by Bryce Hespe

Multiple Choice

The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.

• repetition
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

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The repetition of beginning sounds.

• repetition
• alliteration
• rhyme
• meter

Multiple Choice

My love for you is a rose is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• rhyme

Multiple Choice

The rain danced on the roof is an example of...

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Multiple Choice

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Multiple Choice

My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...

• metaphor
• rhyme
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• cleverness
• alliteration
• a rude comment
• personification

Multiple Choice

Words that sound alike at the end.

• alliteration
• personification
• rhyme
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

To give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Multiple Choice

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration

​Let's practice! We will enter our answers on the next slide.

Open Ended

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Open Ended

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

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​Let's complete QUESTION 2 using this sonnet.

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​Number of lines?

​Meter? iambic or trochaic

​Rhyme scheme?

​Repeated lines?

​Let's complete QUESTION 2 using this villanelle.

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​Number of lines?

​Meter? iambic or trochaic

​Rhyme scheme?

​Repeated lines?