Poetry Terms
Figurative Language
How Many Syllables?
Types of Poems
100

A single row of poetry

Lines

100

Comparison using like or as

Simile

100

Matter

2

100

A poem formed in the outline of the topic

A shape poem

200

What word describes the flow of poetry?

Rhythm 

200

Using the same beginning letter or sound on words

Alliteration

200

The dog ran very fast 

6

200

An alphabet poem

Acrostic

300

What is it called when words sound the same

Rhyme

300

Writing words as sounds

Onomatopoeia

300

Average people do average things

10

300

Humorous poem set in an AABBA pattern

Limerick

400

Symbol

An object or idea that represents deeper meaning

400

Comparing two unlike things with out using like or as 

Metaphor

400

Question prompt

4

400

A poem that tells a story set to music

Ballad

500

What is a stanza?

A group of lines

500

Giving human-like qualities to nonhuman things

Personification

500

Onomatopoeia

6

500

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. 

Sonnet

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