Poetry Task Cards

What are words that have the same ending sound?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

What poetic device does the sentence below contain?

The raging river swallowed the overturned kayak.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• personification

What poetic device does the following sentence contain?

When the stoplight turned red, the car screeched to a stop.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• rhythm

• rhyme

What is the "beat" or regular pattern of sounds in some poems?

• personification

• rhythm

• rhyme

• metaphor

What is a comparison made by stating that one thing is something else?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

What poetic device does the follow sentence contain?

After sitting in the sun, Judy's face was as red as a fire truck.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

What poetic device does the following sentence contain?

A gaggle of geese gathered on the green grass.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

What poetic device does the following sentence contain?

My sister's brand new kite

crashed on its very first flight.

• rhyme

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor

What poetic device does the following sentence contain?

The falling leaves are dancers

twirling through the air.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• rhyme

• simile

What poetic device does the following sentence contain?

Up, down, up, down, up, down,

the rabbit slowly hopped away.

• personification

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhythm