Rhythm and Meter
Comparisons
Poetry Forms
Stanza Bonanza
Potpourri on Poems
100
may, say, lay, day, ray, and faye are examples of this
What is rhyme?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100

A short poems, often written in the 'I' form, where the poet expresses his or her  feelings

What is Lyric poetry? 

100
Two lines at the end of a poem that rhymes. These two lines are usually at the end of a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
100
A japanese form of poetry that has only three lines. Line one has five syllables. Line two has seven syllables. Line three has five syllables.
What is haiku?
200
Rhyme at the end of lines.
What is end rhyme?
200
A comparison of two unlike things using being verbs. The cat is a green frog.
What is metaphor?
200
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
200
The way that lines are grouped in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200

My heart leaps up when I behold.....

What is a rainbow in the sky?

300

This refers to your word choice

Diction

300

 a 14-line poem with 10 syllables per line that presents a problem in the first half and a

                             solution in the second half

What is a Sonnet?

300
A poem that allows the speaker to express their feelings. "Winter" and "Down by the Salley Gardens" are examples.
What is a lyric poem?
300
Repeating words, lines, or phrases.
What is repetition?
300
Words that sound like what they mean. Snap, crackle, or pop are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a poem does not have any rhyme, a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and adheres to no form.
What is free verse?
400
This is a comparison of two unlike things using being verbs that goes on for a stanza or even the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
400
A fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme and line form.
What is a sonnet?
400
When a nonhuman object is given human characteristics. The limbs scratching at my window. The wind howling or hollering outside.
What is personification?
400
Repetition of the same beginning sound in words. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500

extreme exaggeration 

What is Hyperbole?

500
Using comparisons in your writing. These should not be taken literally.
What are figures of speech?
500
A poem that mourns the passing of a person.
What is an elegy?
500
The author's attitude toward the character, the subject, or the audience.
What is tone?
500
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
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