A group of related lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100
This refers to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. (Zoom, zap, bap.)
What is onomatopoeia?
100
This is a repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words.
What is rhyme?
100
This type of poem tells a story, often making use of the voices of the narrator and the characters as well.
What is a narrative poem?
200
This poet wrote books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic."
Who was Shel Silverstein?
200
This is the repetition of the same beginning sound, like in tongue twister.
What is alliteration?
200
This is a form of Japanese poetry that expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
What is a haiku?
200
This type of poetry uses wit, wisdom, and humor.
What is humorous poetry?
300
This is a figure of speech in which a thing, and idea, or an animal is given human attributes.
What is personification?
300
This type of poem or word is a line or sentence that reads the same both forward and backward, either letter by letter or word by word. The word can go back to front (racecar), and the poem can be read to bottom or bottom to top.
What is a palindrome?
300
This is a five-line poem, usually all about a single topic.
What is a cinquain?
300
This is a statement or a question with a hidden meaning that forms a puzzle to be solved.
What is a riddle?
400
This is the use of any of the five senses in a poem.
What is imagery?
400
This type of poem has a topic idea running down the left side of the poem.
What is an acrostic?
400
This is a figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike. (An eraser is as pink as a pig.)
What is a simile?
400
This type of poem has no real rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse?
500
What is the pattern or rhythm of the poem, focusing on syllables?
What is meter?
500
This is a shaped verse where the words make various shapes.
What is a concrete poem?
500
This is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another. (Our lights are rainbows.)
What is a metaphor?
500
This type of poetry expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person (I).