Poetry: Forms, Techniques, and Devices

CHALLENGE QUESTION: ________ is a three-line Japanese form that describes something in nature. The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven.

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Lyric

__________ poetry is defined by its lack of structure. It has no regular meter, no rhyme, no fixed line length, and no specific stanza pattern.

• Free Verse

• Concrete

• Narrative

• Lyric

A fourteen line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and oftentimes ends in couplet. (HINT: Shakespeare's favorite form)

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Narrative

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Two consecutive/paired rhyming lines, usually stating an important thematic idea.

• couplet

• cinquain

• limerick

• lyric

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

• Having the same beats per line

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning consonant sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing is another because of shared qualities? (HINT: doesn't use "like" or "as")

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

What poetic sound device is used in these lines of poetry:

Good as gold

Busy bee

Living the life

• Personification

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What structural form is used for writing poetry? What features are only seen in poetry?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas