Poetry Lines and Stanzas

Poetry is a kind of writing that focuses on...

• facts and opinions

• characters and their problems

• imagination and feelings

Words in poetry are chosen for their...

• sound

• rhythm

• meaning

• all of the above

A group of words that all have the same ending sounds is called...

• alliteration

• rhyme

• haiku

What is a type of figurative language where a person's traits or actions are applied to something non-human?

• personification

• metaphor

• stanza

What is a group of lines in poetry called?

• simile

• line

• stanza

What is a 3 line poem with 5 syllables in the first and last line and 7 syllables in the middle line?

• haiku

• limerick

• rhyming poem

What is a comparison between 2 things using like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• poetry

What is a group of words that begin with the same sound?

• metaphor

• allieration

• rhyme

What is a comparison between 2 things that does not use like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• stanza

Name the figurative language: "Hope is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

• simile

• personification

• metaphor