Types of Poems
This type of poem has 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
This refers to the position or outlook from which a speaker tells a story or observes something.
What is point of view?
These are the people or other performers in a drama.
What is the cast of characters?
This is a speech made by one character to other characters.
What is a monologue?
This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
This type of poem has a total of 17 syllables, and it is usually written about something in nature.
What is a haiku?
This is when you use human qualities to describe nonhuman things.
What is personification?
This is the main division of a drama.
What is an act?
This is a speech by one character to just the audience to express his/her thoughts and feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
This is the recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is meter?
This poem does not follow any set rules or rhythm.
What is free verse?
This is an extended comparison between two different things.
What is an analogy?
This is the smaller division within an act in a drama.
This is a statement to the audience that is not heard by other characters.
What is an aside?
This is the use of words whose meaning is suggested by their sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
This poem has a meaningful topic and is usually serious.
What is an ode?
This is the use of one object or idea to signify something else.
What is symbolism?
What is dialogue?
These are words spoken to the audience by the play's narrator.
What is narration?
This is the repetition of a vowel sound.
What is assonance?
This type of poem has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG.
What is a sonnet?
This is a reference to another person, place, thing, or text.
What is an allusion?
These are the directions that tell the characters how to speak or act. They also describe how the sound, lighting, and props should be used.
What are stage directions?
These directions are never spoken on stage.
What are stage directions?
This is the repetition of a consonant sound.
What is alliteration?