Poetry
Types Figurative Language
Guess the Figurative Language
Genres
Types of Poems
100

A group of lines in a poem is called what?

Stanza

100

A sound word (Boom, clang, bang, pop)

onomatopoeia

100

The piece of chocolate cake was calling my name

personification

100

I am full of talking animals and lots of magic

Fantasy

100

I have two lines that rhyme at the end

Couplet

200

What is a group of words in a poem called (known as a sentence in books)

a line

200

An extreme exaggeration 

Hyperbole

200

All of a sudden, I heard a loud booming noise coming from the distance. It went boom, crack, bang. I knew I needed to seek shelter right away.

onomatopoeia 

200

I am based on historical events that took place

Historical fiction

200

This poem has no regular rhythm, meter, or rhyming 

Free Verse

300

Words or phrases that are being repeated within a poem are called what?

repetition

300

Giving humanlike characteristics to a non living thing

 (the leaves were dancing in the wind)

personification

300

Her long hair was like silk.

simile

300

These texts usually provide facts and information about various things.

Nonfiction

300

This Japanese style poem has only 3 lines that are based off of syllables

Haiku

400

What is the beat, sound, and feel of a poem called?

Rhythm 

400

Comparing two like things using "like or as"


(This room is hot as an oven)

Simile

400

He was hungry as a bear and could hardly wait to get home to eat supper after the game. 

Simile

400

A suspenseful story full of puzzling events that are not usually solved until the end of the book or story.

Mystery

400

This type of poem uses letters of words that go downward to form the poem

Acrostic

500

The inside message or moral of a poem

The theme

500

Comparing two things saying they are one using "is or are"


(This room is an oven!)

Metaphor

500

"Hurry up everyone, I have a million things to do today!" replied the mom waiting in the car.

Hyperbole

500

This story is written about a famous person by someone else other that the person the book is about

Biography

500

Shakespeare uses this type of poetry in all his writing

Sonnet

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