Elements of Poetry

Elements of Poetry

Figurative Language & Words Associated with Poetry

Most poems contain figurative language

Open Ended

What other elements of poetry can you think of aside from what was highlighted in this video?

Multiple Choice

The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

The central or main idea of the poem is...

• Form

• Imagery

• Theme

Multiple Choice

Choose the stanza below that contains repetition.

• One sister for sale!

  One sister for sale!

  One crying and spying young sister for sale!

  I'm really not kidding.

  So who'll start the bidding?

• Sunday dinner isn't sunny

  Easter feasts are just bad luck

  When you see it from the viewpoint

  Of a chicken or a duck.

• The baby bat

  Screamed out in fright,

  "Turn on the dark,

  I'm afraid of the light."

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• A fat cat sat on a rat.

• My little sister is an angel.

• Tommy took Tatiana to Target.

Multiple Choice

The writer of a poem is called...

• author

• illustrator

• poet

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Words that sound alike at the end are called....

• rhyme

• alliteration

• stanza

Multiple Choice

A poem MUST use punctuation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Imagery appeals to ______________.

• sense of rhythm

• your feelings

• your five senses

• the speaker

Multiple Choice

Does a poem have to contain rhyme to be a poem?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Who is the speaker in a poem?

• the voice of the poem

• the author

• the main character

• There are no speakers in poems.

Multiple Choice

Rhyme and alliteration both have to do with _______________.

• form

• your imagination

• sound

• line length

Idiom

Watch out for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the idiom example

• Letting the cat out of the bag

• Telling a secret

onomatopoeia

Watch for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the example of onomatopoeia.

• feeling rhythms and melodies

• Fingers STRUM and TAP and CLICK

Multiple Choice

Rhyme and alliteration both have to do with _______________.

• form

• your imagination

• sound

• line length

Personification

Watch out for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the personification example.

• The tree caught the kite.

• The kite got stuck in the tree.

Multiple Choice

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They are examples of form.

• They don't have anything in common.

• They both use "like" or "as".

• They both compare two things.

Multiple Choice

"My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud."

What poetic technique is used in the line above?

• rhymes

• simile

• repetition

Multiple Choice

Chose the metaphor.

• The man is like a lion.

• The man is a lion.

Multiple Choice

Choose the simile

• The man is a lion.

• The man is like a lion.

Multiple Choice

Stanzas are made up of _____________.

• lines

• other stanzas

• figurative language

• rhymes

Multiple Choice

What are the "paragraphs" of poems?

• sections

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• forms