Poetry Assessment

What is the definition of poetry?

• Japanese poem about nature

• an exaggerated statement that could never be true

• 2 line poem with matching rhythmic beats

• A collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or images using lines and stanzas

What is the definition of Haiku?

• Japanese poem about nature

• an exaggerated statement that could never be true

• 2 line poem with matching rhythmic beats

• A collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or images using lines and stanzas

What is the definition of Couplet?

• Japanese poem about nature

• an exaggerated statement that could never be true

• 2 line poem with matching rhythmic beats

• A collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or images using lines and stanzas

What is the definition of Hyperbole?

• Japanese poem about nature

• an exaggerated statement that could never be true

• 2 line poem with matching rhythmic beats

• A collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or images using lines and stanzas

What is the definition of Rhyme?

• Repetition of ending phrases in words

• Using words that appeal to the 5 senses

• Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as

• Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using the words like or as

What is the definition of Metaphor?

• Repetition of ending phrases in words

• Using words that appeal to the 5 senses

• Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as

• Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using the words like or as

What is the definition of Imagery?

• Repetition of ending phrases in words

• Using words that appeal to the 5 senses

• Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as

• Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using the words like or as

What is the definition of Simile?

• Repetition of ending phrases in words

• Using words that appeal to the 5 senses

• Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as

• Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using the words like or as

What is the definition of Quatrain?

• A 5 line Irish poem that follows an AAABBA rhyme scheme pattern

• A stanza of 4 lines with a rhyme scheme pattern

• Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound

What is the definition of Limerick?

• A 5 line Irish poem that follows an AAABBA rhyme scheme pattern

• A stanza of 4 lines with a rhyme scheme pattern

• Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound