Poetic Techniques
A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
When two or more words have the same sound
What is rhyme?
A comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor?
A poem that doesn’t require meter or rhyme scheme
What is a free verse?
Sonnet 18 is what kind of poem?
What is a Sonnet?
Rhyme that occurs in the last part of the line
What is end rhyme?
The pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem
What is Rhyme Scheme?
The repeating of a word or phrase in a line or poem
What is Repetition?
A poem about nature with three lines
What is a Haiku?
“There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She started one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.”
What type of poem is this?
What is a Limerick?
Giving human qualities to non-human ideas or objects.
What is Personification?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
What is alliteration?
A number of lines that divide a poem into sections
What is a stanza?
A 14 line poem that states a poet’s personal feelings.
What is a sonnet?
"Butterflies are cool
in the big huge green forest
They fly up so high"
What type of poem is this?
What is a haiku?
Rhyme that occurs in a single line of poetry
What is internal rhyme?
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
What is a Hyperbole?
Using the page, spaces between the words, indentations, etc. to create effect in a poem
What is White Space?
A poem that states a poet's sadness about the death of someone important.
What is an elegy?
The form of poetry that "O Captain! My Captain!" is
What is an elegy?
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry
What is Consonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry
What is Assonance?
The use of words that sound like the objects or actions they describe.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A humorous verse of five lines. Lines one, two, and five have three stressed
What is a Limerick?
The type of poem that “The Road Not Taken” is.
What is a lyric?