Poetry Terms 1
Poetry Terms 2
Poetry Terms 3
Poetry Examples 1
Poetry Examples 2
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Rhyming words that are at the ends of their respective lines—what we typically think of as normal rhyme
What is end rhyme?
100
Giving nonliving objects human characteristics.
What is personification?
100
“This chair is a rock,” or ?“I am an island.”
What is metaphor?
100
Screech, scream, holler, and yell – Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell is an example of...
What is onomatopoeia?
100
“This chair is a rock,” or ?“I am an island.” is an example of...
What is metaphor?
200
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line.
What is alliteration?
200
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
The sun stretched its lazy fingers over the valley is an example of...
What is personification?
200
The pickety fence The pickety fence Give it a lick it's The pickety fence is an example of...
What is repetition?
300
A group of lines in a poem. They act like paragraphs.
What is stanza?
300
A comparison of two unlike things using any form of the verb “to be”–-i.e. am, are, is, was, were.
What is simile?
300
The author’s attitude toward the subject of the work. Usually positive or negative.
What is tone?
300
An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; is an example of...
What is simile?
300
Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee is an example of...
What is internal rhyme?
400
A pair of rhyming lines in a poem often set off from the rest of the poem.
What is couplet?
400
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
What is mood?
400
The flow of the beat in a poem. Gives poetry a musical feel.
What is rhythm?
400
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless is an example of...
What is assonance?
400
In the long, long night, by the lone firelight is an example of...
What is alliteration?
500
When a poet repeats a word, phrase, line, or group of lines in a poem
What is refrain?
500
The use of description that helps the reader imagine how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes.
What is imagery?
500
The use of one thing to represent another. Something that stands for something else.
What is symbolism?
500
Yes it's true I am a cat When I go out I wear a hat is an example of...
What is end rhyme?
500
I bubble into eddying bays I babble on the pebbles is an example of...
What is consonance?
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