Type of Poems
What type of Japanese poem structure is written in 3 lines: The first with 5 syllables, the second with 7 syllables, and the last with 5 syllables.
What figurative language is being used?
That kid is a night owl.
metaphor
What figurative language is being used?
The kid is as blind as a bat.
simile
What is the definition of words that imitate the sounds they describe?
onomatopoeia
What type of poem is written so that the first letter of each line spells out a word?
acrostic
What figurative language is being used?
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
assonance
What figurative language is being used?
She sells sea shells by the seashore.
consonance
What do you call the intentional recurrence of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas?
repetition
What type of poem is this?
An unfaltering ability to
Bring clarity to the English language
Constitutes your
Defining quality.
Ever since the day we
First met...
abecedarian
What figurative language is being used?
The moon smiled down at the earth and then went to sleep.
personification or anthropomorphism
What type of figurative language is being used?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
hyperbole
What is a statement that appears to contradict itself, but reveals a deeper truth?
paradox
What type of poem is this?
Cats
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Tenacious
Softly purring
acrostic
In addition to repetition, what figurative language is being used?
Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are?
apostrophe
What type of figurative language is being used?
Need an ark to save two of every animal?
I NOAH guy.
pun
What do you call the perspective of the speaker?
point of view
What type of poem is this?
T-Rex Hug
The T-Rex likes you,
But he can’t give you a hug.
His arms are too short.
Haiku
What figurative language is being used?
Don't be a Scruge!
allusion
What type of figurative language is being used?
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
- Mathew 23:12
chiasmus
What do you call a continuation of a sentence beyond a line or stanza?
enjambment