Poetry Skills

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
• The repetition of a letter.
• The repetition of an ending sound.

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme
• rhythm
• stanza
• paragraphs

The writer of a poem is called...

• poet
• illustrator
• author
• smart person

When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat

• metaphor
• rhythm
• rhyme
• poem

A group of lines in a poem

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

How  is  poetry  written?  (structure)

• a)  Sentences & paragraphs
• b)  Sentences 
• c)  Lines & paragraphs
• d)  Lines & stanzas