Terms
Types of Poems
Figurative Language
Poetic Techniques
Miscellaneous
100
The common name for an author of poetry.
What is a poet?
100
This poem originated (began) in Japan.
What is haiku?
100
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
100

emphasis on the beauty found in the mundane

What is an ode? 

100

The ocean danced with joy as the mermaids splashed each other during the race. What is the poetic device used? 

What is personification?

200

This is a poem "paragraph"

What is a stanza?

200

This rhyming section of two final lines in a poem or narrative

What is a couplet? 

200
This type of figurative language is a huge exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200

Poetic Technique and Figurative language tool that evokes the use of the five senses. 

What is Imagery?

200

Seeking, jumping, and drawing are all this part of speech.

What are verbs?

300
A line that is repeated throughout a poem
What is a refrain?
300
This rhyming poem has four lines.
What is a quatrain?
300
"The music lifted me up in the air and set me down gently" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
This Poetic Technique uses repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words.
What is alliteration?
300
Lovely, red, and gigantic are all this part of speech.
What are adjectives?
400
The repetition of sounds at the end of lines in a poem; it can have a pattern such as AABB, ABCB, or ABAB, for instance.
What is rhyme or rhyme scheme?
400
This poem has no set structure or rhyme but is still considered an artistic expression.
What is free verse?
400
"Love is a broken-winged bird" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
400
"Chocolate chip cookies" and "Tiny Tim tinkers with toys" are examples of this type of Poetic Technique.
What is alliteration?
400

"swiftly, passionately, fast, slow" are examples of...

What are adverbs? 

500

The two types of Irony

What are Dramatic and Situational irony?

500
This funny poem has a rhyme scheme AABBA.
What is a limerick?
500

This term makes a reference to a well known piece of literature or event

What is allusion?

500
"Ringing telephone," "squeaky shoes," and "screeching tires" are all examples of this type of poetic technique.
What is onomatopoeia?
500

He's so fast, whenever he runs, flames shoot out from his feet! 

What is Hyperbole? 

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