WorksheetsPoetry Techniques
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 43mins
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toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life.
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth
until it sang of joy
and love and life.
How many stanzas in the poem above?
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life.
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth
until it sang of joy
and love and life.
How many lines in the poem above?
Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood
is called
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopoeia
alliteration
The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
is called
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Using words that have the same
(or very similar)
ending sound
is called
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopoeia
alliteration
The use of
words that vividly describe a sound
(the word mimics the sound)
so that readers can clearly "hear" them
is called
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopoeia
alliteration
A figure of speech
that suggests a similarity
between two different things
(usually using "like" or "as")
is called
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
A figure of speech that
offers an exaggerated
or extravagant statement
(that is not meant to be taken literally)
in order to highlight a point
is called
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
A figure of speech that
gives human-like characteristics
to an abstract idea
or non-human thing
is called
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
A figure of speech
that uses a word or phrase
to describe something
that it does literally apply to
in order to show
a similarity
is called
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
Using a word or phrase
that does not actually name an object,
but represents a part of it
or a related idea,
in order to reference the whole thing
is called
metaphor
metonymy
symbol
allusion
Using a situation, description, or quote
that draws another text to mind
without actually naming the text
in order draw a comparison
and add meaning
is called
metaphor
metonymy
symbol
allusion
Using a concrete object or phrase
to represent a different abstract idea
(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)
is called
metaphor
metonymy
symbol
allusion
A poem that
follows a predictable pattern
or conventional structure
is called
Traditional Poetry
Free-Form Poetry
A poem that uses
lines of varying lengths
along with unpredictable
rhyme schemes and rhythms
is called
Traditional poetry
Free form poetry
The are many different types of
_______________
that each have their own
predictable structure and pattern.
Traditional poetry
Free form poetry
Comparing two dissimilar things
in order to create an image
and add resonance
is called
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Sensory Details
Form and Structure
Techniques used by poets
to build on the meaning and experience
of a poem
through the patterns of sounds
in the poem
is called
Figurative Language
Sensory Details
Sound Devices
Form and Structure
The writer's attitude or expression in a poem toward the subject at hand.
mood
point-of-view
tone
Focuses on the perspective of the speaker or the "teller" of the story or poem.
third person
second person
first person
Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses; it is visually descriptive.
mood
tone
imagery
A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.
epic poetry
lyric poetry
stylistic poetry
The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.
mood
tone
attitude
The use of details in writing that an author uses to help the reader experience the five senses.
syllable
symbol
sensory language
The central idea, message, or moral of a literary work
theme
tone
persona
A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.
epic poetry
lyric poetry
meter
A fourteen line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and oftentimes ends in couplet.
Limerick
Sonnet
Narrative
Ballad
Two consecutive/paired rhyming lines, usually stating an important thematic idea.
couplet
cinquain
limerick
lyric
What poetic sound device is used in these lines of poetry:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
Personification
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Identify the poetic device that has been highlighted in green in the stanza:
Buzz, goes the blue fly
Hum, goes the bee
Buzz and hum they cry
And so do we
quote
onomatopoeia
assonance
alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
"The young neighborhood kids gathered like a wild pack of wolves. "
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
oxymoron
Why is repetition used in poetry?
to annoy the reader
to make it sound better
to place emphasis on key ideas
to make it more fun to read
What idea is the author trying to express in the poem?:
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
She’s describing her heart
She’s drawing a visual for us through words
She’s trying to show us how happy her heart is through comparisons
She’s describing how love has filled her life with joy.
Interpret the use of personification:
"The camera loves me!"
Photography is one of my hobbies.
I own an expensive camera.
Photos of me are always really good.
I like to visit art museums.
What is a rhyme scheme?
When a poem that tells a story
What you learn from reading a poem
Pattern of end rhyme, labeled with letters (AABB, ABCA, etc.)
Repetition of internal vowel sound
