Poetry

Figurative Language

100

The repetition of consonant sounds in several words, usually at the beginning of the words. (Example: “Harry hurried home”)

What is alliteration

200

Comparison developed over lines of a poem, without the use of like or as.

What is metaphor?

300

The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning; they sound like what they mean (clang, buzz, meow).

What is onomatopoeia?

400

Expresses a comparison by using a word such as like or as (Mrs. Hunt eats like a horse).

What is simile?

500

When the poet uses descriptive words that connect with sight, sound, smell, taste and touch to help the reader visualize.

What is imagery?

Poetry Terms

100

A single row, whether one word or many, in a poem.

What is a line?

200

The attitude expressed toward a subject or audience (the emotion of the poem) is called the:

What is tone?

300

A group of lines in a poem, kind of like a poem's paragraph

What is a stanza?

400

The beat or pace of the poem (not rhyme, but rhy___)

What is rhythm?

500

When lines rhyme in a pattern

What is rhyme scheme?

Types of Poems

100

Poems that really praise or love a particular person or object

What is an ode?

200

Poems focused on the DEATH of someone, but usually give thanks or show why that person was important

What is an elegy?

300

A poem that has only 3 lines, and a specific syllable count for each line. Often focuses on moments in nature.

What is a haiku?

400

Poems focused on love, pop songs often use this form.

What is a ballad?

500

A poem with no rules.

What is free verse poetry?

Rhyme Scheme

100

we wear the mask that grins and lies/ it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes

this debt we pay to human guile/with torn and bleeding hearts we smile

What AA?

200

I have beard/but not anymore/I am weird/life is no chore

I like cats/They can be blue/Talk to one you'll see/you'll be weird too

What is ABAB?

300

Julia is lame/she talks too much/ she thinks she's so cool/ I tell her to hush

She never stops/ too much to confess/ but I don't have to hear it anymore/ she's in ISS

What is ABCB?

400

One

Student

Can

Change

The World

What is no rhyme scheme?

500

There once was a man from Kablooey/ His stories were so full of hooey/ He ran to his kart/ proceeded to fart/ That crazy old man from Kablooey.

What is AABBA?