Figurative Language
Rhymes/Sounds
Forms of Poetry
Theme/Graphical Elements
Miscellaneous
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
100
A form of poetry without any kind of pattern.
What is free verse?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
100
The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions.
What is imagery?
200
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
200
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? I heard a bird sing/ In the dark of December./ A magical thing/ And sweet to remember.
What is ABAB?
200
A poem that uses figurative language to praise or honor a person, place, thing, or object..
What is an ode?
200
Division of a poem composed of two or more lines characterized by meter, rhyme, and number of lines.
What is a stanza?
200
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
What figurative language tool is used in this quote? “Park the car in Harvard Yard.”
What is assonance?
300
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
300
Group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry.
What is a refrain?
300
Rhyming in the middle of lines of poetry
What is a internal rhyme?
400
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
What is repetition?
400
A type of poem that has 5 lines. It follows the rhyme scheme of AABBA
What is a Limerick?
400
The intentional end of a line of poetry.
What is a line break?
400
Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
500
Giving human characteristics to non human things.
What is personification?
500
The abandoned bird found a wide window in which to build his nest.
What is an example of consonance?
500
A poem containing three lines; 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 syllables on the last line.
What is a haiku?
500
The reason why a poet uses line breaks, capitalization, and word position.
What is to add emphasis to that part of the poem?
500
A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.
What is epic poetry?
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