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Identify Figurative Language
100
Writing that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
What is sensory language
100
A 3 line Japanese verse form
What is a Haiku
100
When sounds agree - such as pool and fool
What is rhyme
100
Poetry is written in these, the way the lines are grouped together
What is a stanza.
100
She has the eyes of a cat.
What is a Metaphor
200
A comparison of one thing to another, using the words like or as.
What is a simile
200
A 5 line poem with two syllables in the first line.
What is a cinquain
200
Occurs when a word or phrase is used more than once, can create a pattern.
What is Repetition
200
Poets often use these word pictures or images to help the reader "see" or visualize the poem fully.
What is Imagery (or sensory language)
200
"You wanna take a trip? Pow! Zoom! To the moon!"
What is Onomatopoeia
300
Giving human qualities to something that is nonhuman
What is Personification
300
Modern poetry that does not obviously rhyme and has no set meter.
What is Free verse
300
The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration
300
A 5 line poem meant to be funny - Originated in Ireland.
What is a Limerick
300
A fluttering forest of feathers.
What is alliteration
400
Comparing one thing to another by saying one thing is another.
What is a Metaphor
400
Uses a word for its subject, then each line of the poem begins with a letter from the subject word.
What is an Acrostic poem
400
Words or phrases that imitate sounds they are describing.
What is Onomatopoeia
400
Poetry that tells a story in verse, often has similiar elements to a a short story such as plot and characters.
What is a Narrative poem
400
"Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow"
What is a simile (or what is personification)
500
A large exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
500
Shape poetry - the picture is sthe poem in which the visual shape of the poem contributes to its meaning.
What is Concrete poetry
500
When consonant sounds agree in words, though the words may not rhyme. example: sting and stark
What is Consonance
500
Poem made of 3 quatrains and ends with a couplet, Made most famous by William Shakespeare
What is a Sonnet
500
Life doesn't frighten me at all
What is Assonance
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