figures of speech
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kinds of poetry
poetry terms
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terms
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This figure of speech compares things using like or as
What is a simile
100
This poet wrote Alice in Wonderland.
Who is Lewis Carroll
100
This kind of poetry shows the emotions of the author. It does not have to rhyme and can be very short, but not always.
What is lyric poetry
100
This is the repetition of same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
100
This is a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole
200
This figure of speech compares things without using like or as
What is a metaphor
200
This poet was never married, wrote in the 1800's and was a famous American Poet. She is one of Miss Hanson's favorite poets.
Who is Emily Dickinson
200
This kind of poetry tells a story
What is narrative poetry
200
This is the repetition or pattern of similar vowel sounds
What is assonance
200
This is a long serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure
What is an epic poem
300
This figure of speech gives inanimate objects human qualities
What is personification
300
This poet wrote a poem called "The Road not taken."
Who is Robert Frost
300
This kind of poetry is meant to be performed
What is dramatic poetry
300
This is a lyric poem that is 14 lines long.
What is a sonnet
300
These are words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea.
What is apostrophe
400
This figure of speech gives deeper meaning to the poets words. It is an object that represents an idea.
What is a symbol
400
This poet was one we studied in class. He wrote a poem called "The Bull Moose." He was from Atlantic Canada and was poet in residence at U.N.B.
Who is Alden Nowlan
400
This kind of poem tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repreated refrain.
What is a ballad
400
This is the occurence of same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
What is thyming
400
This is poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse.
What is blank verse
500
This is the message the author wants to convey to the reader.
What is theme
500
This poet wrote "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
500
This is a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
What is a Haiku
500
This is two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem.
What is a stanza
500
This is a latin expression that means "seize the day."
What is carpe diem
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