A. Literary Terms (A)
B. Literary Terms (B)
C. Types of Poetry
D. Examples of Literary Terms (A)
E. Examples of Literary Terms (B)
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
a word agreeing with another terminal 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 the first letter of each line, vertically, spelling the word

What is an acrostic 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
repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance?
300

a form of poetry that was created during the renaissance

What is a Sonnet?

300

You have 1minute for two of your group members to read a poem they wrote during this unit.

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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

"he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there..."

What is alliteration? (consonance)

400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500

You have 1minute to write 10 words that rhyme with poetry?

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500

a funny phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say. 

"piece of cake"

What is an idiom?

500

a traditional Japanese poetic form consisting of five lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure 

What is a Tanka?

500

You have 1minute to write an acrostic poem for the word Vista?

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500
"I lie by the night tide on my side"
What is assonance?
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