Literary Terms
Poem rules
Poem styles
Definitions of terms
Miscellaneous
100
An example of a smilie
What is any comparison using "like" or "as"?
100
This poem is about nature and does not rhyme.
What is Haiku?
100
The number of syllables for each line in a Haiku.
What is 5-7-5?
100
Words or phrases that create a picture.
What is imagery?
100
Sally sells seashells...is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
200
A stanza
What is a group of lines in a poem (looks like a mini paragraph)?
200
This poem's topic is written vertically down the page.
What is an acrostic?
200
The line groups that rhyme in a Limerick.
What is 1,2,5 and 3,4?
200
Giving an object human qualities.
What is personification?
200
She was cold as ice...is an example of this.
What is similie?
300
The TONE of a poem
What is the attitude or feeling in a poem?
300
This poem has a rhyming scheme of AABBA.
What is a limerick?
300
Rules of a concrete poem.
What is writing words in different directions, letting the words take the shape of the topic, no lines to create the shape, etc.
300
Repeating sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
300
The dog pondered....is an example of this.
What is personification?
400
An example of a Metaphor
What is any comparison saying that one item IS the other?
400
This poem has 5 lines and rhyming
What is a Limerick
400
Name two rules for an Ode.
What is- it must have a rhyming scheme, it is about something you really like, it must describe two senses, etc.
400
Repetition at the end of words.
What is rhyme?
400
She ran like the wind...is an example of this.
What is similie?
500
An example of repetition
What is any answer with words used over and over again?
500
This poem must include a synonym pair.
What is a cinquain?
500
Name the rules for each line in a Cinquain.
What is line 1- noun, line 2- two adjectives, line 3- three 'ing' words, line 4- words or phrase, line 5- synonym of line 1?
500
A pattern or beat of stresses and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
500
He was a bear in the morning...is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
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