Figurative Language
Compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
Compares two things without using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
What type of rhythm is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?
Iamb / Iambic
A 14-line poem that uses a formal rhyme scheme, is written in iambic pentameter, and is usually about love or unrequited love.
Sonnet
What are exaggerated statements that are not to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
The repetition of the same consonant or vowel sound at the beginning of closely associated words.
Alliteration
The naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds.
Onomatopoeia
What type of meter contains 5 metrical feet (ten syllables)?
Pentameter
A poem with no regular patterns of rhyme, meter, or line length. It has no restrictions.
Free Verse
A poem, presented in song-like form, that expresses deep emotion.
Lyric / Lyrical Poetry
Deliberate side by side placement of words whose meaning contradicts each other.
Oxymoron
A brief reference to a familiar place, event, historical figure, biblical or mythological fact or figure.
Allusion
What is it called when you have two successive lines (one after the other) of poetry that rhyme?
Couplet
Blank Verse
What time of figurative language is used in these lines of poetry?
"When a poem is born / What is the chance / Of words in rain / Drip drop dance / Ping ting sing"
Onomatopoeia
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
Denotation
Repetition of same or similar vowel sounds of nearby words.
Assonance
What type of meter contains 2 metrical feet (four syllables)?
Dimeter
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lamentation for someone who has died.
A poem in which the meaning or effect is conveyed in part through visual means, using patterns of words or letters to shape the lines of the poem into the thing being described.
Concrete Poetry
Connotation
Repetition of same or similar consonant sounds of nearby words.
Consonance
What type of rhythm is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable?
Trochee / Trochaic
A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular person or thing. It is often elevated in style or manner and is written in varied or irregular meter.
Ode
What is the rhythm and meter of the following line of poetry?
"For the soul is dead that slumbers"
Trochaic (Trochee) Tetrameter