Poetry Devices
type's of poems
poetry definitions
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examples
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The term that stands for a word that makes sound

what is onomatopoeia 

100

The haiku is from.  

where is Japan?

100

the name of a paragraph in a poem

what is a stanza 

100

An iamb is 

what is an unstressed and a stressed syllable

100

The line drip, drip, drip, drip.

What is onomatopoeia 

200

The comparison of a person to another thing, He is as fast as a cheetah. 

what is simile 

200

a limerick consists of 

how many is seven lines?

200

the sentence in a stanza 

what is a line 

200

A poem that consists of seven lines that centers on a distinct contrast 

what is a haikyu 

200

the term would you use coming across the line "the wind howled about my window that February night" 

what is personification 

300

A comparison that does not use like or as 

What is a metaphor?

300

There was never a better day for me to dream far away is an example of 

what is a couplet 

300

the number of beats in a line of poetry 

what is a meter 


300

A poem that consists of three lines usually about nature 

what is a haiku 

300

the term you would choose when coming across the line "the soft sound of the sea soothed my troubled soul"

what is allitteration 

400

"Lightning danced across the sky"

what is a personification

400

A humorous poem.

What is a limerick?

400

the number of stanzas can a pom can have how

how many are three stanzas 

400

A poem that consists of five lines with a focus on the number of syllables per line 

what is a cinquain poem

400

the two words sound the same especially at the end of each line as in "he shall no longer be/ a visitor to the sea"

what is rhyme 

500

An expression where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning 

what is an idiom?

500

A poem with 3 lines.

What is a Hakiu?

500

the number of syllables total in a haiku 

how many is 17 

500

There was never a better day for me to dream far way is an example of 

what is consonance 

500

the term to describe "this summer day is like sweet music"

what is a simile 

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