A foot that is one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
What is an iamb?
100
A meter where one iamb is found in a line of poetry
What is iambic monometer?
100
He wrote "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"
Who is Doctor Seuss?
200
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
200
Listening to Justin Bieber sing is like hearing a voice from heaven.
What is a simile?
200
A meter that has five feet in one line of poetry
What is pentameter?
200
A type of meter where two anapests are found in one line of poetry
What is anapestic dimeter?
200
The type of poetry where you take old newspapers or magazines and make poetry using a select few words, and marking out all the rest you don't need.
What is Blackout Poetry?
300
"Paragraphs" in poetry, made up of lines
What are stanzas?
300
As phony as a three-dollar bill
What is a simile?
300
A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
What is a dactyl?
300
Type of meter where six iambs are in one line of poetry
What is iambic hexameter?
300
The name of the song and short poem we listened to this week written by Tupac Shakur.
What is "A Rose that Grew from Concrete"?
400
Poetry without a specific meter; often has incorrect grammar or punctuation. Poet is free to write however they want (Hint: we had an entire lesson on this yesterday!)
What is free verse poetry?
400
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
What is a metaphor?
400
A meter with only one foot in a line of poetry
What is a monometer?
400
Type of meter where three trochees are found in a line of poetry
What is trochaic trimeter?
400
Mr. A's favorite hero is this guy / He's a superhero that cannot fly
Who is Captain America?
500
A type of meter where five iambs are written in one line of poetry (Hint: We did a whole lesson on it on Wednesday)
What is iambic pentameter?
500
When I saw Mrs. Rist for the first time, my heart melted like a candy bar in summer.
What is simile?
500
A foot where there are two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable
What is anapest?
500
A type of meter where eight dactyls are found in a line of poetry
What is dactylic octameter?
500
This famous writer / poet wrote many plays and sonnets in iambic pentameter, and is someone you will definitely read in high school next year.