Elements of Poetry

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many lines are in this poem?

• 3

• 15

• 16

• 20

What is a stanza?

• A single line of the poem

• A paragraph

• A group of lines in a poem

• Words that repeat

Check the words from the poem that rhyme

• white

• bright

• begins

• flight

• black

What type of figurative language is the following line?

"His claws are like knives."

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Poem

What does this line mean?

"His claws are like knives."

• His claws are sharp

• His claws are pretty

• His claws are silver

"He's a sports car zooming across the street" is an example of....

• A simile

• An idiom

• A metaphor

"He's a sports car zooming across the street" means....

• The cat is loud

• The cat is fast

• The cat is wild

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• The cat

• A person watching the cat

• The cat's owner

• There is no speaker

How do you know who the speaker is of the poem? (What clues did you see in the poem?)