Vocabulary
Kinds of Poems
Figurative Language
Name the Rhyme Scheme
What is it?
100
This is the basic unit of a poem.
What is a line?
100

This is the kind of poetry that doesn't follow a set rhythm or rhyme.

What is free verse?

100
As dry as dust.
What is a simile?
100

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.

What is ABAB?

100

Once I dive into these pages I may not come out for ages.

What is a couplet?

200

This is a group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

200

This is a poem that is humorous and often silly

light verse

200
His heart is a stone.
What is a metaphor?
200
Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky.
What is AABB
200
5-7-5 syllable structure
What is a haiku?
300

This is a group of just 2 lines.

What is a couplet?

300

This is a long poem that tells about adventures of a hero or historic event

epic poem

300
The sun smiles down on me.
What is personification?
300
Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go.
What is ABCB
300
There once was a wonderful star Who thought she would go very far Until she fell down And looked like a clown She knew she would never go far.
What is a limerick?
400

This is the phrase for the rhyme pattern in a poem.

What is a rhyme scheme?

400

This is a short poem that is like a song and usually deals with personal feelings

lyric poem

400
Susie slowly sat in the sand.
What is alliteration?
400
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
What is ABAAB?
400

In a pouch I grow, On a southern continent -- Strange creatures I know.

What is a haiku?

500

This is the word for the message or lesson of a poem.

What is theme?

500

This is a poem where the first letter of every line forms a word.

acrostic

500
The cannon went boom! Boom! Boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
500
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam I am. I do not like them in a boat. I do not like them with a goat. I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse.
What is AABBCC
500

Crunchy chewy Awesome Nice and sweet Delightful and delicious Yummy treat

What is an acrostic?

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