Poetry Terms
Simile or Metaphor
Miscellaneous
Figurative Language/Literary Devices
Rhyme Scheme
100
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
100
Charles Dickens wrote, "[He had] such long legs that he looked like the afternoon shadow of somebody else." Is this a simile or metaphor?
What is simile?
100
When there is a change in tone or voice of the speaker during a poem, there is a
What is shift?
100
"The wind tickled my cheeks." What kind of figurative language does the author use?
What is personification?
100
I found a book of poems/ I brought the book to school/ And every time I looked at it/ I giggled like a fool
What is ABCB?
200
Repetition of beginning sounds, whether consonants or vowels.
What is alliteration?
200
Mrs. Gawel's orange glasses are like sunshine on a cloudy day. Simile or metaphor?
What is a simile?
200
If I said it once, I said it a thousand times… This type of figurative language is called...
What is hyperbole?
200
The kind of description which appeals to one or more of the five senses is called
What is imagery?
200
How dry I am, how wet I’ll be/ If I don’t find the bathroom key./ I found the key, but it’s too late./ I just missed my bathroom date.
What is AABB?
300
Poetry without a specific meter; often has incorrect grammar or punctuation
What is free verse?
300
Langston Hughes wrote, "Well, Son, I tell you / life for me ain't been no crystal stair. / It's had tacks in it, / and splinters, / And boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor-- / bare." Is this simile or metaphor and what two things are being compared?
What is a metaphor comparing life to a walk on a beat-up staircase? Answers may vary slightly.
300
This type of poem tells the story of an event in the form of a poem. There is a strong sense of narration, characters, and plot.
What is a narrative poem?
300
"White water is washing away" is an example of
What is alliteration?
300
Bee, be, B,/ I’d rather climb a tree,/ than learn to spell,/ the same old word,/ not just one way, but three
What is AABCA?
400
A poem whose name is a combination of the Spanish and French word for five; a five line stanza
What is a cinquain?
400
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
What is a metaphor?
400
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. In certain types of poems, they are the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme. You might think of them as the paragraphs of a poem.
What is a stanza?
400
The placing of words with similar end sounds reasonably close together to emphasize the similarity of their sounds. It usually occurs at the end of lines, but it may occur within a line of poetry.
What is rhyme?
400
Have you ever heard the story/ Of Mrs. J. J. Brown?/ How she became a legend/ When the ship was going down?
What is ABCB?
500
A poem with only two lines :)
What is a couplet?
500
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief." Is this simile or metaphor? What two things are being compared?
What is a metaphor comparing Juliet to the sun?
500
"The world is your oyster." The author uses the figurative language technique called ...
What is metaphor?
500
The tall kid…/ He swings his fist with his hurricane force./ A torrential spray of blood/ Explodes from the smaller boy’s nose/ And covers the tiled floor....What type of figurative language does the poet use?
What is hyperbole?
500
My baby brother is so small,/ He hasn’t even learned to crawl./ He’s only been around a week,/ And all he seems to do is bawl/ and wiggle, sleep…and leak.
What is AABAB?
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