WorksheetsPoetry Techniques
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Repetition of initial consonant sounds: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
assonance
consonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Words that show sound: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
repeition
Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis.
rhyme
repetition
meter
alliteration
Words that end in the same sound have this trait: The fairy named Mary was known for being merry - and hairy!
repetition
rhyme
meter
alliteration
Stating one thing is another to create a comparison: “He’s a sly fox.”
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
Giving an object human traits or characteristics, often to create imagery: The daisies danced in the breeze.
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
When one line of poetry runs into the next - when a line ends without end punctuation and the sentence continues onto the next line.
stanza
couplet
enjambment
rhyme scheme
Being creative with spacing, how words are spread out on a page, the use of stanzas
Formatting
Line Breaks
Line Stops
Stanza
A poetry "paragraph" is also known as a..
Paragraph
Group
Line
Stanza
Rhyming irregularly for effect
Rhyme scheme
Occasional rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
A type of poetry that does not have to follow any pattern or rhyme scheme
Haiku
Concrete poem
Free verse
Cinquain
