A. Literary Terms and their definitions #1
B. Literary Terms and their definitions #2
C. types of poetry
D. examples of literary terms #1
E. examples of literary terms #2
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100

a word agreeing with another ending sound?

What is rhyme?

100
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
100
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
100
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
200
the words of the poem are written to create the shape of the theme
What is a concrete poem?
200
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
200
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
300
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
300

Use of the sight, smell, sound, hear, taste

What is imagery? 

300
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
300
a heart stands for love
What is symbolism?
300
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
400
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a short, witty, humorous poem that has a rhyme pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
400

The sweet chocolate was savored by my mouth. 

What is imagery? 

400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500
the representation of something for something else
What is symbolism?
500

the lesson to be learned 

What is theme? 

500

a 14 line poem with a rhyming couplet that William Shakespeare is famous for

What is a sonnet? 

500

My muscles bulge from top to toe. 

What is alliteration?

500

We are the water, not the hard diamond. 

What is a metaphor? 

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