Poetry Terms
More Poetry Terms
Rhyming/Basics of Poetry
Examples
Types of Poems
100
A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect
What is hyperbole
100
The use of words or phrases that appeal to the five senses of the reader. (sight, sound, touch, smell, hear)
What is imagery
100
The pattern in which end rhyme occurs throughout a stanza or poem.
What is rhyme scheme
100
What is "My father looks like a monkey." an example of?
What is a simile
100

What type of poem is this?

Hi ho didily dee

Oh how happy I can be

Couplet

200
The repetition of same beginning consonant sound in two or more words close together.
What is alliteration
200
A grouping of lines together that often (but not always) rhymes
What is a stanza
200
How is rhyme scheme illustrated in poetry? How do you start showing a rhyme scheme? You need to explain fully.
What are letters of the alphabet
200
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers an example of?
What is alliteration
200

What type of poem is this?

My cow gives less milk

Now that she has been eaten

By a fierce dragon

Haiku

300
The use of words whose sound suggests the objects or actions being named.
What is onomatopoeia
300

The underlying message in a poem or work of literature.

What is theme

300

What is the overall feeling that the author creates for the audience.

What is mood

300
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of what?
What is hyperbole
300

What type of poem is this?

If you have to dry the dishes

(Such an awful, boring chore)

If you have to dry the dishes

('Stead of going to the store)

If you have to drop the dishes

And you drop one on the floor - 

Maybe they won't let you

Dry the dishes anymore.

Narrative

400
A comparison between two unrelated nouns (persons, places, things or ideas), using “LIKE” or “AS” to bridge the connection.
What is simile
400

The poet's attitude toward the topic.

What is a tone

400

Tone is from whose perspective; relates to how the _____________ feels

What is the author

400
"I heard the crash, boom and bang as the cars collided!" is an example of what?
What is onomatopoeia
400

What type of poem is this?

There was an old woman,

Lived under a hill,

And if she is not gone

She lives there still.

Quatrain

500
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, color, or idea.
What is personification
500
A comparison between two unrelated nouns (persons, places, things or ideas).
What is metaphor
500

Mood relays whose perspective; relates to how the ______________ feels

What is the reader

500
"The sun kissed the flowers." is an example of what?
What is personification
500

What type of poem is this?

As 007 walked by

He heard a wee spider say, "Hi."

But shaken, he shot

It right there on the spot

As it tried to explain, "I'm a spi..."

Limerick

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