Poetic Devices
Poetic Structure and Form
Sound Devices
Type of Poetry
100
A comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as.
What is a simile?
100
open form
What is free verse?
100
repetition of sounds at the end of words.
What is rhyme?
100
A form of literature that poets use to seek to create a clear picture with few words
What is haiku?
200
A comparison between two unlike things that do not contain the word like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
lines that are arranged in groups.
What is a stanza?
200
the use of a word, phrase, or line more than once.
What is repetition?
200
used to describe things as much worse, better, smaller, or bigger than it really is.
What is hyperbole?
300
Language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
poetry that takes shape and patters that may appear unusual?
What is an irregular poem?
300
repeating same sounds at the beginning or the word.
What is alliteration?
300
a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
400
simile, metaphor, and personification.
What is figurative language?
400
the way words and lines are presented on the page.
What is form?
400
syllables in each line that are patterns or stressed and un-stressed.
What is is rhythm?
400
poetry written to make you laugh.
What is humorous poetry?
500
the description of an object, an animal, place, or an idea as if it were human or human like qualities.
What is personification?
500
poetry that follows fixed rules, such as a set number of lines or a repeating pattern of rhythm or rhyme.
What is conventional and traditional poems?
500
words whose sounds may suggest meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
five line poem characterized by a sing-song rhythm.
What is a limerick?
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