Poetry Game

Writing that plays with rhyme & rhythm and focuses on emotion, descriptive qualities, or imagery is called...

• nonfiction

• realistic fiction

• poetry

• fairy tales

The writer of a poem is called a...

• narrator

• speaker

• author

• poet

Poems have to rhyme.

• true

• false

Which is an example of rhyming words?

• blue - bat

• blocks - locks

• pat - scratch

• try - tent

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• paragraphs

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem

Example:

"I'm car sick.

Open a window.

I'm car sick.

rest your eyes.

I'm car sick.

Drink some water."

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm

Which word does NOT rhyme with the other words?

• goat

• spoke

• boat

• wrote

Which word does NOT form an alliteration with the others?

• great

• green

• round

• grapes

Why would an author or poet use repeated words and phrases in their writing?

• To help the reader understand the text

• To show that something is important

• All of the answers are correct

• to create rhythm