A form of writing that is imaginative, emotional, and thought-provoking.
What is Poetry.
100
A group of lines in a poem that is like a paragraph.
What is a stanza.
100
A pattern of strong and weak stresses on words that gives the poem a beat and motion.
What is rhythm.
100
Figures of speech that are exaggerated to make a point.
What is hyperbole.
100
The other name for Rhyme Pattern.
What is Rhyme Scheme.
200
Recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of poetry.
What is rhyme.
200
A row of words in a poem that is like a sentence.
What is a line.
200
Poetry with no regular rhyme pattern or rhythm.
What is Free Verse.
200
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is simile.
200
Madeline made Mary mad.
What is alliteration.
300
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas to make a point or create rhythm.
What is repetition.
300
The overall message, lesson, or idea the reader understands from the poem.
What is theme.
300
A 17 syllable, three line, unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature.
What is Haiku.
300
A comparison between two things NOT using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor.
300
Slam! The wind blew the door closed.
What is onomatopoeia.
400
Organized patterns of rhyming words in poetry.
What is Rhyme Pattern.
400
The way a writer writes. His/her choice of words, figurative language, rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.
What is voice.
400
A 5 line, rhymed, rhythmic poem that is usually humorous.
What is Limerick.
400
Repetition of beginning sounds in two or more words in a line or stanza.
What is alliteration.
400
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared! --
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.”
What is a limerick.
500
In a poem, this helps the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem.
What is imagery.
500
Feeling (serious, funny, sad) the reader can hear and feel from the poem.
What is tone.
500
A song like narrative (story) poem that uses rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.
What is Ballad.
500
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia.
500
“A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”