songlike poem that tells a story usually dealing with adventure and romance
What is a ballad
100
Three lines (5, 7, and 5 syllables) usually about nature, always strong imagery
What is haiku
100
consists of five lines (aabba rhyme scheme) and conveys stupid nonsense humor
What is a limerick
100
entire poem is written like the shape of the subject matter of the poem
What is a concrete poem
200
a short musical poem which expresses a single speakers strong emotion
What is a lyric poem
200
poem which tells a story
What is a narrative poem
200
the pattern of end rhyme
What is rhyme scheme
200
14 lines, definite rhyme and rhythm, often love or nature poems, usually very emotional
What is a sonnet
200
use of words that sound like the noises they describe
What is onomatopoeia
300
the repetition of sounds of words
What is rhyme
300
repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words in a line of poetry or sentence
What is alliteration
300
direct comparison between two unlike things
What is metaphor
300
when a poet uses an object to stand for something else
symbolism
300
writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the give senses
What is senory language or imagery
400
comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile
400
long poem about a person of high position who sets out on a great journey and has many episodes/adventures that are heroic
What is an epic poem
400
type of figurative langauge in which the writer gives an animal, object or idea human qualities such as the ability to hear, feel, talk, make decisions
What is personification
400
musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm
400
a group of lines in a poem set off by a blank lines. It usually develops an idea
What is stanza
500
a common phrase made up of words that cannot be understood by their literal or ordinary meanings
What is idiom
500
the obvious stretching of the truth
What is exaggeration
500
feeling created in the reader by a peom or story...words, phrases, repetition, rhyme, and exaggeration all work together to create this
What is mood
500
all the tools a poet uses to create a speical effect of feeling (includes Metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia)
What is figurative language
500
reference to something with which the reader is likely to be familiar--peson, place, historical event, literature, music.