Types of Poetry
Poetic Terms
Who's That Poem-Mon?
Poetic Style
Poetic Form
100
This type of poetry is known for sounds associated with their word names. The word sounds like how it's spelled.
Onomatopoeia
100
What is the poetic term for when words or phrases are used over and over throughout the poem?
Repetition
100
This poem we read aloud in class by Shell Silverstein talked all about how unwell she was.
What is "Sick"
100
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this kind of this poetic technique that involves extreme exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole
100
Similie, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia are all examples of this.
What is Figurative Language
200
This type of poetry uses very descriptive imagery to describe different senses.
This is Color Poetry
200
"My love is a red rose" is an example of what poetic device?
A metaphor
200
What is the name of the poem type that Gary is quoting? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG19g9oiF-w
Limerick
200
Giving human characteristics to something non human. "The fireplace snapped and cackled as it ate the logs"
What is Personification
200
The overall emotional feel of the poem. For example, a poem about death would have a very different ______ than a poem about a circus or festival.
What is Mood
300
This type of poetry has MANY different items within and usually contains an opening and closing section.
List Poetry
300
"My heart is like ice in winter" is an example of what?
Simile
300
Which poem are the following quotes from, and which poetic device is being used? "Twas brilig, and the slithy toves" "He chortled in his joy"
Portmanteau Poem, Jaberwocky
300
Language that evokes a physical sensation produced by at least one of the five senses
Imagery
300
Which type of poem does not require any kind of specific form or rhyme
What is Free Verse
400
This kind of poetry originated in Ireland, usually very nonsensical and follows a specific rhyme scheme. What type of poem is this AND what rhyme scheme does it follow?
The Limerick, AABBA
400
*****DAILY DOUBLE***** What is the term for the correspondence between ending sounds of words in a poem or song? What is "A,B,A,B,B,B,A" an example of?
Rhyme, Rhyme Scheme
400
Which poem was about a plethora of strange ice cream types? Which type of poem was this?
Bleezer's Ice Cream, List Poem
400
Which type of poem is in the following image? http://break2012.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/8/13582971/6332627.png?593
What is Diamante
400
This refers to a pair of lines used together in a poem; they often rhyme.
What is a couplet
500
What type of poetry follows the syllable count "5-7-5", usually very retrospective and about nature *hint, you worked with a similar poem type to this earlier with Mrs. Fishel* :)
Haiku
500
The correspondence between the beginning sounds of words throughout a poem. Peppy Piper pickled peppered pork with peppers in pine"
Alliteration
500
What is the following type of poem found in this image? https://dt78830.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/found-poem-7.jpg
What is Found Poem
500
Name the rhyme scheme of the following poem: Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
Some say the world will end in fire, a Some say in ice. b From what I've tasted of desire a I hold with those who favor fire.a But if it had to perish twice, b I think I know enough of hate c To say that for destruction ice b Is also great c And would suffice. b
500
A group of two or more lines with the same pattern separated by blank spaces similar to paragraphs
Stanza
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