Stanza Structure
Line Structure
Rhythm and Meter
Sound Effects
Figurative Language
100
A group of lines forming the basic unit of a poem
What is stanza
100
When there is a break at the end of a line, denoted by a comma, period, semicolon, or other punctuation mark
What is end stopped
100
A combination of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is a foot
100
"Once upon a midnight dreary, where I pondered weak and weary" (This is ONE line) Dreary and weary are examples of _______________
What is internal rhyme
100
How cold ice is, with it's hunger of warmth.
What is personification
200
A stanza composed of 8 lines
What is a octave
200
A strong pause or stop within a line
What is caesura
200
A foot with two syllables- unstressed then stressed
What is an iamb
200
Clooney the clown sat down and cried This poem has an example of _____________.
What is alliteration ("c" sound)
200
As American as apple pie
What is simile
300
You say today is...Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play! This is an example of a.....
What is couplet
300
the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break; the thought runs on from one line to the next
What is enjambment
300
A foot with 2 syllables- stressed then unstressed
What is a trochee
300
Such heaps of broken glass sweep away This line has an example of ______________.
What is assonance (long e sound)
300
I was so hungry I ate everything I saw
What is a hyperbole
400
A stanza with 5 lines
What is a cinquain
400
Each line in the following poem is ____________. The woods are dark and lovely deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
What is end-stopped
400
A foot with two syllables- both stressed
What is a spondee
400
That's not what I meant! I said it by accident. Meant and accident are an example of ___________.
What is end rhyme
400
I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.
What is pun
500
This poem is an example of a Refugee by Emily Dickinson These Strangers, in a foreign World, Protection asked of me― Befriend them, lest Yourself in Heaven Be found a Refugee―
What is quatrain
500
The following line contains a _____________. To err is Humane; To Forgive Divine
What is caesura
500
A line with 5 feet
What is Pentameter
500
HUSH! SHUSH! SHHHHH! These are examples of _____________.
What is onomatopoeia.
500
His jokes are seriously funny.
What is oxymoron
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