Elements of Poetry

Elements of Poetry

Poetry can have many elements, let's learn about a few.

Multiple Choice

What was the theme of the poem No Difference?

• All people are equal no matter their differences

• People are very different

Multiple Choice

The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn

• free verse
• cinquain
• theme
• metaphor

Multiple Choice

What is the American Flag a symbol of?

• Freedom

• Government

• Washington DC

• The Capital

Multiple Choice

What is the symbol in the poem?

• dreams

• air

• nature's law

• rose

Multiple Choice

What does the symbol stand for?

• a person who has a great life

• a person who overcomes difficulties

• a person who loves nature

• a person who has big dreams

Multiple Choice

Which statement shows imagery?

• The pie glistened like diamonds.

• The cherries in the pie are from Hyvee.

• Cherry pie is my favorite pie.

Multiple Choice

Imagery is language that creates a picture.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.

• Taste

• Touch

• Sight

• Sound

Multiple Choice

Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

Rhythm

When you read this poem, you STRESS some syllables and NOT STRESS some other syllables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS4-8rJMC2U

Multiple Choice

The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.

• Musical
• Old-fashioned
• Important
• Difficult

Multiple Choice

rhythm

• artistic writing composition

• the quality of being different

• to speak very softly or under the breath

• a flow of sound having a particular or typical pattern

Multiple Choice

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration

Multiple Select

Choose all the words that rhyme with cat.

• Bat

• Mat

• Sat

• That

Multiple Select

Choose all the words that rhyme with sing.

• wing

• bring

• gong

• song

Multiple Choice

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The repetition of sound at the end of words is called ________.  

• stanzas
• lines
• rhyme 
• figurative language

Multiple Choice

A _______ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.  

• stanza
• line
• rhyme 
• figurative language

Multiple Choice

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Multiple Choice

A group of lines in a poem, separated from others with a space is a ...

• stanza

• refrain

• ballad

• chorus