Poetry Conventions

What is this an example of:

• End Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Pun

• Assonance

Answer explanation

Notice the S being repeated at the beginning of the words?

The rhyme scheme is the

• units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

• nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

• measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines

• pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

Lines are grouped in

• stanzas

• alphabetical order

• random order

• segments

A direct comparison of two unlike things

that does NOT use like or as

(x=y)

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Imagery appeals to the ______________.

• brain
• senses
• crazy people
• memory

A poem is written in ______ format.

• Paragraphs & Sentences

• Stanzas & Lines

• Headings & Subheadings

• Titles & Stanzas

The rhyme scheme of this stanza is _____

• ababcd

• ababcc

• aabbcc

• ababaa

The figure of speech used in the underlined sentence is____

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• Onomatopoeia