Types of Poetry
Poetry structure
Name that figurative language
Figurative Language Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

This type of poem tells a story with characters and a plot.

What is narrative poem?

100

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza? 

100

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

What is simile? 

100

Comparing using like or as.

What is a simile?

100

Repeating beginning consonant sounds (like "big, brown bear").

What is alliteration?

200

This type of poem expresses feelings or emotions, often in a musical way.

What is lyrical poetry?

200

A single row of words in a poem.

What is a line? 

200

He is a walking dictionary.

What is a metaphor?

200
Comparing without using like or as.

What is a metaphor? 

200

When a poet repeats the same words or phrases on purpose.

What is repetition?

300

A poem with no regular rhyme, rhythm, or structure.

What is free verse?

300

The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines.

What is rhyme scheme?

300

The trees danced with the wind.

What is personification?

300
A reference to a famous literary work or well-known media.

What is allusion?

300

"The night wrapped itself around the town" could mean..

What is personification? It is very dark outside.

400
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. 

What is a sonnet? 

400

Name the rhyme scheme: 

Line 1: sky

Line 2: blue

Line 3: fly 

Line 4: you

What is ABAB?

400

I have told you a million times.

What is hyperbole?

400
An exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

400

The person who is speaking in a poem (not always the author).

What is the speaker? 

500

A poem with 3 lines and a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

What is haiku? 

500

Two lines that rhyme back-to-back.

What is a couplet? 

500

"Buzz," "boom," and "crash."

What is onomatopoeia? 

500

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

What is personification?

500

"Time is a thief" means...

What is a metaphor? Time passes quickly or steals moments?

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