6th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

6th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching

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This 6th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching Activity allows students to input answers, check answers, clear answers, reveal answers and go on to the next matching set.

alliteration – The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
free verse – Poetry that doesn’t follow a specific rhyme or meter pattern.
haiku – A three-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
hyperbole – An exaggeration for emphasis, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
imagery – Vivid descriptions that create mental pictures for the reader.
limerick – A five-line poem with a specific AABBA rhyme scheme and humorous content.
metaphor – A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
narrative – A type of poem that tells a story.
onomatopoeia – Words that imitate the sound they represent, like “buzz” or “hiss.”
personification – Giving human characteristics to non-human things or animals.
rhyme – The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
rhyme scheme – The pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
rhythm – The pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.
simile – A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
sonnet – A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure.
stanza – A group of lines in a poem.
symbol – An object or word that represents something deeper or abstract in a poem.
tone – The author’s attitude or feeling towards the subject of the poem.

Poetry Terms Matching Activity

Matching Set 1

Stanza:

Rhyme:

Metaphor:

Simile:

Alliteration:

Personification:

A: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
B: The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
C: A group of lines in a poem.
D: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
E: Giving human characteristics to non-human things or animals.
F: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.

Matching Set 2

Onomatopoeia:

Haiku:

Imagery:

Rhyme Scheme:

Hyperbole:

Rhythm:

A: Words that imitate the sound they represent, like “buzz” or “hiss.”
B: A pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
C: A three-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
D: Vivid descriptions that create mental pictures for the reader.
E: An exaggeration for emphasis, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
F: The pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.

Matching Set 3

Tone:

Symbol:

Limerick:

Free Verse:

Narrative:

Sonnet:

A: Poetry that doesn’t follow a specific rhyme or meter pattern.
B: A type of poem that tells a story.
C: A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure.
D: A five-line poem with a specific AABBA rhyme scheme and humorous content.
E: The author’s attitude or feeling towards the subject of the poem.
F: An object or word that represents something deeper or abstract in a poem.

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