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Poetry Terms
Simile or Metaphor
Idiom or Hyperbole
Alliteration or Personification
Rhyme Scheme
100
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
100
The earth was a slow-moving car
What is metaphor?
100
People who cheat are a dime a dozen
What is an idiom?
100
The earth moved under my feet
What is personification?
100
I found a book of poems. I brought the book to school. And every time I looked at it. I giggled like a fool.
What is ABCB?
200
Repetition of beginning sounds, whether consonants or vowels.
What is alliteration?
200
Listening to Justin Bieber sing is like hearing a voice from heaven.
What is a simile?
200
If I said it once, I said it a thousand times…
What is hyperbole?
200
My sucker stuck to my sweater
What is alliteration?
200
How dry I am, how wet I’ll be, If I don’t find the bathroom key. I found the key, but it’s too late. I just missed my bathroom date
What is AABB?
300
Poetry without a specific meter; often has incorrect grammar or punctuation
What is free verse?
300
As phony as a three-dollar bill
What is a simile?
300
I found myself between a rock and a hard place
What is an idiom?
300
Anaheim Angels
What is alliteration?
300
Bee, be, B, I’d rather climb a tree, than learn to spell, the same old word, not just one way, but three
What is AABCA?
400
A poem whose name is a combination of the Spanish and French word for five
What is a cinquain?
400
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
What is a metaphor?
400
The criminal got a slap on the wrist
What is an idiom?
400
The juicy steak called my name.
What is personification?
400
Have you ever heard the story Of Mrs. J. J. Brown? How she became a legend When the ship was going down?
What is ABCB?
500
A poem with only two lines
What is a couplet?
500
When I saw Mrs. Rist for the first time, my heart melted like a candy bar in summer.
What is simile?
500
Girls are always talking about boys.
What is hyperbole?
500
McGruff said, “Take a bite out of crime.”
What is personification?
500
My baby brother is so small, He hasn’t even learned to crawl. He’s only been around a week, And all he seems to do is bawl and wiggle, sleep…and leak.
What is AABAB?