Let's Learn About Poetry

​A poem is a piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions or a story with the reader. A person who writes a poem is called a poet. Many poems have words or phrases that sound good together when they are read aloud.

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Which one of these is an example of alliteration?

• Josie jumped and jogged.

• The angry sky roared with thunder.

• SPLASH!

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is an example of alliteration?

• Delilah danced during dinner.

• The sun woke up after a long nights sleep.

• On that quiet, quiet night.

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is an example of alliteration?

• Patrick petted the peacock.

• Zoom!

• He laughed loud like a hyena.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• SPLASH!

• He laughed loud like a hyena.

• She’s as dainty as a daisy.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• Zoom!

• The trees danced back and forth in the wind.

• he angry sky roared with thunder.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• EEE-YOW!

• Patrick petted the peacock.

• On that quiet, quiet night.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a simile?

• She’s as dainty as a daisy.

• Josie jumped and jogged.

• Zoom!

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a simile?

• He laughed loud like a hyena

• he angry sky roared with thunder.

• Delilah danced during dinner.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a repetition?

• Twinkle, twinkle little star

• The trees danced back and forth in the wind.

• Patrick petted the peacock.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a repetition?

• Up, up, up went the sun.

• The angry sky roared with thunder.

• EEE-YOW!

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a repetition?

• On that quiet, quiet night.

• Delilah danced during dinner.

• Josie jumped and jogged.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a personification?

• The trees danced back and forth in the wind.

• SPLASH!

• On that quiet, quiet night.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a personification?

• The sun woke up after a long nights sleep.

• Up, up, up went the sun.

• SPLASH!

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a personification?

• The angry sky roared with thunder.

• On that quiet, quiet night.

• He laughed loud like a hyena.