Poetry Review 2/28

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

A word that is used more than one time in a line is called...

• Rhyme
• Line
• Repetition
• Stanza

Descriptive or figurative language in writing where the author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• rhyme
• poem
• simile
• imagery

What are words that imitate sounds?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• synonym

• simile

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• metaphor

• simile

• end-stopped

• personification

A sonnet has how many lines?

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration