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Poetry Terms
Poetry Terms 2
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Types of Poems
100

I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.

What is hyperbole?

100

A Shakespearean sonnet has this many lines. 

What is 14?

100

This is describing the feelings/emotions that a reader gets from a piece of literature.

mood

100

book and took

ghost and host

love and dove

What are rhymes?

100

Traditional Japanese poem with three line stanza and 5/7/5 syllable count.


What is Haiku?

200

I really, really want to understand how you really feel.

What is repetition?

200

The author's attitude towards a subject.

What is tone?

200

The giving of human qualities or characterisics to inanimate objects. 

What is personification?

200
I heard a screech, crash, and burst.  I knew there had a been a car accident.

What is Onomatopoeia?

200

A poem that is deliberately irregular and often takes on an improvisational bent.  Poetry with no rules or organizing principles.

What is free verse?

300

The dogs were still like statues as they waited for food to drop from the table.

What is simile?

300

The repetition of similar beginning sounds in adjacent words in poetry. 

What is alliteration?

300

The author's creative choice of words or phrases

What is diction?

300

He has a heart of gold. 

What is metaphor?

300

a long and narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure.

What is an epic poem?

400

We hear the mellow wedding bells.

What is assonance?

400

An element in a poem that works to represent a different idea or concept. 

What is a symbol?

400

A group of lines that forms the basic unit of poetry.

What is stanza?

400

"Pre-owned vehicle" vs. used car

"vertically challenged" vs. short

"passed away" vs. died

What are euphemisms?

400

A poem that spells out names or words with the first letter in each line.

What is an acrostic poem?

500

"jumbo shrimp"

"bittersweet"

"clearly confused"

What is oxymoron?

500

He ran to the cat (A)

But tripped over a cup (B)

Then the cat looked up (B)

She kept sleeping on the mat (A) 

ABBA is this poem's_______/

What is rhyme scheme?

500

Any attempt by a poet to create a picture in the reader's mind.

What is imagery?

500

While I was recovering from my broken leg, my tennis racket took a vacation.

What is personification?

500

a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter.

What is a sonnet?

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