8th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching Activity
- Alliteration – The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
- Ballad – A narrative poem that often tells a tragic story and is typically sung or recited.
- Enjambment – The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.
- Free Verse – Poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme or meter pattern.
- Haiku – A three-line Japanese poem with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third.
- Hyperbole – Exaggerated language used for emphasis or effect.
- Imagery – Descriptive language that creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.
- Limerick – A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA).
- Metaphor – A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
- Meter – The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
- Narrative Poem – A poem that tells a story or recounts events.
- Onomatopoeia – Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., “buzz” or “hiss”).
- Personification – Giving human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
- Repetition – The use of words, phrases, or sounds for emphasis or effect.
- Rhyme – The similarity of sounds at the end of words in poetry.
- Rhyme Scheme – The pattern of rhyming words in a poem, usually represented by letters (e.g., ABAB).
- 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 meter, often expressing love or beauty.
- Stanza – A group of lines in a poem that forms a distinct unit.
- Symbol – An object or element in a poem that represents a deeper meaning or concept.
- Theme – The central message or idea conveyed by a poem.
- Tone – The author’s attitude or emotional expression in a poem.
This 8th 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.
Poetry Terms Matching Activity
Matching Set 1
A: A group of lines in a poem that forms a distinct unit.
B: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
C: The similarity of sounds at the end of words in poetry.
D: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
E: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
Matching Set 2
A: A three-line Japanese poem with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third.
B: Descriptive language that creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.
C: Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., “buzz” or “hiss”).
D: The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
E: Giving human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
Matching Set 3
A: A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, often expressing love or beauty.
B: The central message or idea conveyed by a poem.
C: The use of words, phrases, or sounds for emphasis or effect.
D: A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA).
E: An object or element in a poem that represents a deeper meaning or concept.
Matching Set 4
A: Exaggerated language used for emphasis or effect.
B: A poem that tells a story or recounts events.
C: Poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme or meter pattern.
D: The author’s attitude or emotional expression in a poem.
E: The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.
F: A narrative poem that often tells a tragic story and is typically sung.
G: The pattern of rhyming words in a poem, usually represented by letters (e.g., ABAB).
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