Figurative Language/etc
"She is cute as a button"
Simile
"Boom! Wham! Pow!"
Onomatopoeia
The opposite of poetry, regular writing is called this
Acrostic poem
each line starts with a capital letter that spells out the poem's theme vertically
"From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favour fire"
- Robert Frost
Rhyme
Alliteration, Onomatopoiea, and rhyme are all examples of what
What is the main message or idea of a poem called?
Theme
Similar to a sentence in a poem
Haiku
3 lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) usually about nature/seasons. Orginated in Japan
What is the unit called in poetry that makes up a stanze?
Hint: Think how many ______ are there in a stanza
Line
"She is a diamond in the night sky" is an example of what?
Metaphor
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
Alliteration
What is the pattern of rhyme in a poem called?
Rhyme scheme
5 lines (AABBA rhyme pattern)
Limerick
What is the attitude of feeling an author creates in their writing called?
Tone
What has to do with touch, taste, smell, sight or sound?
imagery
What is the feeling a reader gets from a text when reading called?
Mood
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
Sonnet
What is a haiku typically about/where did it originate
Nature/seasons - Japan
The wind howled in the night sky
What are two similar lines of poetry that end on the same sound?
Ex. "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
- Shakespeare
Rhyming couplet
What do we call a rhyme scheme where alternating lines rhyme with each other?
Ex. "The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day." - Robert Frost
ABAB rhyme scheme
A poem that does not rhyme or have rules
Free verse
What is the narrator of a poem called in poetry?
The voice/speaker