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100
Swish is an example of a what?
Onomatopoeia
100

What is the poem that is shaped like the topic of the poem?

Concrete 

100

A poem with no specific rules or patterns

Free verse

100
What is a comparison using like or as?
Simile
100

When the poet/author uses the same words over and over (also one of our poetry slam techniques)

Repetition

200
What is a paragraph like grouping of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
200

A two lined poem that rhymes

couplet
200
Sam sells sandwiches on Sunday is an example of what?
Alliteration
200
What is a direct comparison of two unlike things?
Metaphor
200

The time and place in the poem/story is called?

the setting

300
The leaves on the ground danced in the wind The brook sang merrily as it went on its way. The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by which winked at each other just to say hi. The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!” The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life. Stars in the sky blinked and winked out While the hail was as sharp as a knife. This poem has a lot of _____________ in it.
Personification
300
Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. These are all examples of what?
Similes
300
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem? Flowers Blooming in May, Birds in the sky Flying; Oh This Flower will Smile Today, Tomorrow it will be Dying.
ABAB
300

A poem shaped to look like its subject

Concrete

300

Crunch, pop, boom

onomatoeia

400
The best example of a hyperbole would be: A. I made 8 burgers today B. I made a few burgers today C. I made a million burgers today D. I made a lot of burgers today
C. I made a million burgers today
400

a poem based on a topic word, written vertically 

acrostic

400
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something that is non-human.
400

A saying that does not mean what is says 

idiom

400

"The ocean danced in the moonlight," is an example of what?

Personification

500

a poem that has 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

Haiku

500
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Evening red and morning grey, Are the signs of a sunny day. Evening grey and morning red, Bring rain on the farmer's head.
AABB
500
"I have a million things to do for homework," is an example of a what?
Hyperbole
500

The attitude writers take towards their subject is called?


tone

500

And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep Is an example of what?

Repetition

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