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Poetry Jeopardy

What is the difference between a couplet and a triplet?

A couplet is a two-lined rhymed poem. A triplet is a three-lined rhymed poem.

What is the rhyme pattern of a Limerick?

A a b b a

A flea and a fly in a flue aWere caught, so what could they do? a

Said the fly, “Let us flee.” b“Let us fly.” said the flea. b

So they flew through a flaw in the flue a

Think of a word to rhyme with each of the following:

LawyerHolly

TelevisionPillowRadio

LaundryNovel

Words that Rhyme with:Lawyer: Destroyer

Holly: JollyTelevision: Superstition

Pillow: WillowRadio: Audio

Laundry: QuandaryNovel: Grovel

Write a Poem with this Rhyme Pattern:

a/b/b/a/c/d/d/c/g/g

Please find me a lawyerWho is kind

And does not mindBeing a destroyerOf my junky carThat broke down

In the middle of townI had driven so far

Someone with a law degreeMake this car history!

What kind of poem is structured like a song?

Lyric Poems

What is an Iamb?

An Iamb is a metrical foot of two syllables, one short (unstressed) and one long (stressed).

“Come live/with me/and be/my love”

How many lines are in a Sonnet?

There are 14 Lines in a sonnet. Shakespeare is famous for his Sonnets

“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May…”

What is Iambic Pentameter?Give an example.

A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. Here’s an example from Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet

“But soft!/What light/through yon/der win/dow breaks?”

What is a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis?

Hyperbole!

Ex: That cookie is bigger than an elephant!

Boom! Crack! Bam! Pow!!

Onomatopoeia.

“Dead leaves dance in the wind…” Is an example of what figure of speech?

Personification

“The World’s a Stage” is an example of….?

Metaphor

POETRY

Acrostic

AcrosticPoetryOpensEveryTrickyRhymeYou can think of!

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Haiku(Build a Haiku using these words, remember to count

the syllables!)

CupcakesIce creamFavorite

Haiku

Cupcakes with frostingIce cream with chocolate syrup

My favorite things.

LimerickUnscramble this Limerick:

She ate ‘till she droppedThere once was a dog named

MollyThen she realized all her Folly

And did belly flopsWho enjoyed eating Christmas

Holly

Limerick

There once was a dog named MollyWho enjoyed eating Christmas

hollyShe ate ‘till she dropped

And did belly flopsThen realized all of her folly

Diamante

Build your own Diamante using these words for the first and

last lines :

CarnivalVs.

A Boring night at home

Diamante

CarnivalsNoisy, Colorful

Ride-riding, eating, game winning

Fun, Exciting, Boring, LameSitting, waiting, thumb twiddling

Quiet, BlandA boring night at home