Types of Poetry

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• poetry

Poetry is...

• writing that is musical and artistic in nature

• writing that expresses feelings

• a style of writing with few rules

• all of the above

Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a

• smilie

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

What is an acrostic poem?

• a poem in which words are spelled out through the first letter of each line.

• a poem that is as much as a piece of visual art made with words as it is a work of poetry.

• a fourteen-line poem written in one stanza, traditionally in iambic pentameter and it must have a formal rhyme scheme.

• a lyric poem that praises or celebrates on event, person, or a thing.

How to analyze the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• Look to the last sound in each line.

• Look to the first sound in each line.

• Look for the same word in each line.

• Look at your friend's answer.

the beat of a poem

• rhyme
• rhythm
• line
• alliteration