What is Poetry Flocab

What is true about poetry?

• Poetry is always written in strict form.

• 
  Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• 
  Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• Poets never read their poems aloud.

Which of the following is not a type of poem?

• a haiku

• a sonnet

• a limerick

• a news article

True or false: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

• false
• true

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

• prose.

• sound devices.

• image devices.

• meters.

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

• "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• 
  "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• 
  "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• 
  "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

Rhyming is when some words

• sound alike.

• sound exactly the same.

• are spelled the same way.

• have the same definition.

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile