Literary Devices
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
A group of lines that form a division of a poem.
What is a stanza?
A poem consisting of seven lines that centers on a distinct contrast.
Two words that don't technically rhyme but are similar.
What is slant rhyme?
What is an example of a couplet?
"drip-drop-drip-drop."
What is an example of a onomatopoeia?
The haiku
What poem is originally from Japan?
A poem of consisting of 3 lines, usually about nature.
What is a haiku?
A-a-b-b-a
What rhyme scheme does a limerick follow?
"The ship was in distress upon the livid sea,"
What is an example of assonance?
An expression where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning.
What is an idiom?
A stanza that consists of 3 lines.
What is a tercet?
A poem consisting of 5 lines with a focus on the number of syllables per line.
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.
What is repetition?
"This summer day is like sweet music,"
What is an example of a simile?
A songlike narrative poem usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain.
What is a ballad?
The sentences of a poem.
What are lines?
2,4,6,8,2.
What is the syllable pattern of a Cinquain poem?
"Her love for him was a campaign of ignorance"
What is an example of a metaphor?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is an example of an alliteration?
This term refers to the repeated rhythmic pattern found in the poem the one William Shakespeare used when writing his sonnets is known as "iambic."
What is a verse?
A poem consisting of 5 lines with a focus on stressed and unstressed syllables that is usually humorous.
What is Limerick?
A poem that has no rhyme or regular meter.
What is a free verse poem?
"Poor little pet dog, at home alone, all day long, sleeping all day long."
What is an example of a haiku poem?