Figurative Language
Poetry types
Sonnets
Reference
Literary Terms
100

This is a repetition of consonant sounds.

What is alliteration?

100

This type of poetry tells a story.

What is narrative poetry?

100

This is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet.

What is abab, cdcd, efef, gg?
100

This is a book of synonyms.

What is a thesaurus?

100

This is a short summary of a funny event.

What is an anecdote?

200

This is a repetition of vowel sounds

What is assonance?

200

This type of poem is very long and tells the story of the adventures of an almost superhuman character.

What is an epic poem?

200

This is what the last two lines of a sonnet are called.

What is a couplet?

200
This is a comprehensive reference book containing any and all information.

What is an encyclopedia?

200

This is a character who displays opposite characteristics of the main character(s).

What is a foil?

300

This is the term for sound effects such as "woof", "bang", "buzz"

What is onomatopoeia?

300

This is a Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables

What is haiku?

300

These are the first 3 sets of lines in a sonnet. (abab cdcd, efef)

What is a quatrain?

300

This is a magazine or book that contains weather forecasts or statistics.

What is an almanac?

300

The ordinary form of written language

What is prose?

400

This is a pair of contradictory words

What is oxymoron?

400

This is a poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.

What is lyric poetry?

400

This is the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

What is meter?

400

Additional material given at the end of a book is called this. 

What is the appendix?

400

This is an overused word or phrase.

What is cliche?

500
This is a contradictory statement that tells the truth (ie. This is the beginning of the end)
What is a paradox?
500

This is a poem that tells the story of a person from the past and is often set to music.

What is a ballad?

500
This is 5 sets of iambs.

What is iambic pentameter?

500

This is the listing of sources used in an essay or research paper.

What is Works Cited page?

500

This is everyday speech or slang.

What is informal or colloquial language?

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