Types of Poems
Figurative Language
Rhyme
Poem Structure
Misc.
100
A celebratory poem about a person, place or thing.
What is an ode?
100
A comparison that uses, "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
The repetition of accented vowel sounds like lake and cake.
What is rhyme?
100
Grouped-together lines of a poem.
What are stanzas?
100
A phrase that describes something in terms of something else. Not to be taken literally.
What is a figure of speech?
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
A longer, more developed comparison, through several or even all the lines of a poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
200
When a rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines.
What is end rhyme?
200
The musical quality of a poem through the stressed and unstressed syllables, or by repetition of other sound patterns. The poem's "beat."
What is rhythm?
200
Language that appeals to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
300
A lyric poem with 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
300
When a on living or non human thing is described with human traits.
What is personification?
300
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Ex a limerick's is aabba.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and express a complete thought.
What is a couplet?
300
The feelings or attitude an author has about a subject.
What is tone?
400
A poem that mourns the passing of something.
What is an elegy?
400
Sound words such as "crash" or "moo."
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Rhymes within lines.
What is internal rhyme?
400
When the stressed and stressed syllables are arranged ina regular pattern.
What is meter?
400
The overall feelings created by a work of literature.
What is mood?
500
Poetry that is written on a page but intended to be performed in front of an audience.
What is spoken word poetry?
500
Language that has repetitive consonant sounds. Ex: Slippery, slimy snake.
What is alliteration?
500
The opposite of exact rhyme, two words sound nearly the same but do not rhyme completely. Ex; stopped and wept.
What is slant rhyme?
500
Poems without regular meter and rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
500
The contrast between expectation and reality. Ex; a fire extinguisher that has been scorched, or guys fast asleep in a 5-Hour Energy van.
What is irony?
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