Types of Poetry
This type of poem consists of three lines and is usually about nature.
What is haiku?
A comparison between two generally unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
Two words that technically rhyme but do not.
What is a slant rhyme?
The term for the phrase, "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
William Shakespeare created his own of this type of poem.
What is a sonnet?
A seven-lined poem that is in a diamond shape.
What is a diamante?
A poem that has no rhyme or meter.
What is free verse?
The recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses.
What is rhythm?
The repition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is an iamb?
The rhyme scheme of a limerick.
What is a-a-b-b-a?
A group of lines forms a division in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas.
What is repition?
The repition of constant sounds
What is alliteration?
A referance to history or literature.
What is an allusion?
A short, usally unrhymed poem.
What is a cinquian?
The term of describing sounds such as boom, crash, buzz.
What is onomatopeia?
A regular pattern of stresses found in many poems and songs.
What is a meter?
Two words that usally sound the same, typically at the end of each line.
What is rhyme?
A songlike narritive poem usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain.
What is a ballad?
The number of syllables total in a haiku.
What is 17?
An exaggeration used to provide emphasis on a concept or idea.
What is hyperbole?
Human-like qualites given to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
The recurring pattern of strong and weak syllable stresses.
What is rhythm?
A stanza that consists of 8 lines.
What is an octect?