Poetry

The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

Boom!

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

He’s as strong as an ox

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Will she read these cheap leaflets

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

The grass grew green in the graveyard

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• A fat cat sat on a rat.

• Moooooooo went the cow.

• Tommy took Tatiana to Target.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Metaphor?

• My little sister is an angel.

• My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.

• The lake is a mirror, showing my reflection.

• Life is a roller coaster with many ups and downs.

What is a group of lines called that form a verse?

• Line
• Stanza
• Paragraph
• Meter

What is free verse poetry?

• tells a story
• poet expresses feelings and emotions
• does not have a pattern or rhyme
• based on a pattern