Figurative Language and Literary Terms #1
Figurative Language and Literary Terms #2
Types of Poetry
Examples of Literary Terms #1
Examples of Literary Terms #2
100

comparison using like or as

What is a simile?

100

a word agreeing with another terminal sound

What is rhyme?

100
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
100
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
100
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
200

the words of the poem are written to create the shape of the theme

What is a concrete or shape poem?

200
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
200
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
300
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
300

the voice of the poem

What is the speaker?

300
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
300

a sweet-scented flower

What is imagery?

300
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
400
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a short, witty, humorous poem that has a rhyme pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
400

"I went into the wild woods"

What is alliteration?

400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500

a description using the five senses

What is imagery?

500

the emotion or feeling of a poem

What is mood?

500
this type of poem is named after the French word for five because it is a 5 line poem
What is a cinquain?
500

A boy at the back of the class describes his classmates

What is speaker?

500

quiet, peaceful, and relaxing

What is mood?

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