TYPES OF POETRY
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
GREEK AND LATIN ROOT WORDS
WORD PLAY
Misc
100
a humorous rhyming poem of five lines
What is Limerick
100
Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses.
What is Imagery?
100
meaning self
What is Auto
100
"I love man" was her sole {exclamation}
What is statement?
100
Short poems expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.
What is a Lyrical poem?
200
A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.
What is an Epic poem?
200
A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as.
What is Simile?
200
meaning to measure
What is Meter?
200
People who were once blue, who {slouched} from carrying a bag of misery over one shoulder
What is a lazy or worthless person?
200
The use of words that mimic sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
 Poetry that tells a story to entertain
What is a Narrative poem?
300
A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as.
What is Metaphor?
300
meaning time
What is Chron?
300
Tell me, O {muse}, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
What is a poet?
300
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.
What is Hyperbole?
400
Perhaps the most common poetic form today, allows a poet to create his or her own form, placing virtually no restrictions on the number of syllables per line, lines per verse, or verses per poem. However, the poem still must have a recognizable form that will be coherent to readers.
What is Free Verse
400
Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.
What is Alliteration?
400
meaning small
What is Micro?
400
Shakespeare was a {playwright} of great ability,
What is a person who writes plays?
400
one of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sounds
What is Rhyme?
500
a poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern
What is a Sonnet poem?
500
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.
What is Personification?
500
meaning fear
What is Phobia?
500
His sonnets were {unique} 'cause he had his own style,
What is very special or unusual
500
to be informed
What is Purpose to read non-fiction?
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