Poetry
Figurative Language
Poetic Devices
log; logue
mono-; uni-
100

A poem with a 5, 7, 5 pattern

What is a haiku?

100

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

A word that sounds like a sound (ex. kerplunk!).

What is an onomatopoeia? 

100

a long speech given by one person

What is a monologue?

100

Repeating the same routine over and over

What is monotonous?

200

A poem that does not rhyme or follow a specific meter

What is free verse?

200

A comparison stating "this is that"

What is a metaphor?

200

The repetition of a specific beginning consonant sound 

What is alliteration? 

200

Spoken conversation between two or more characters

What is dialogue?

200

Being married to one person at a time

What is monogamy?

300

A poem written in iambic pentameter with 14 lines and a formal rhyme scheme

What is a sonnet?

300

An extreme exxageration

What is hyperbole?

300
A writer's use of a word or phrase over and over throughout a poem

What is repetition? 

300

A speech honoring the dead

What is a eulogy?

300

One person or entity controls a service or product in an area

What is a monopoly?

400

A poem that narrates a story

What is a ballad?

400

Giving human traits to non-human things

What is personification?

400

The measure and beat in a line of poetry

What is a meter?

400

A section of a book after the final chapter

What is an epilogue?

400

Multiple people working together

What is unison?

500

A funny 5 line poem with an aabba rhyme scheme

What is a limerick?

500
An expression that lessens the effect of a statement (ex. I'll be there in a second.)

What is an understatement?

500

The pattern of rhyme throughout a poem

What is a rhyme scheme?

500

To acknowledge regret or remorse

What is an apology?
500

A thing or feeling experienced by many all around the world

What is universal?

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