Figurative Language
Poetic Strategies
Forms of Poetry
Tone/Theme/Mood
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
100

A type of poem that has 3 lines and 17 syllables

What is a haiku?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
200
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
200

What is it called when the same words at the beginning of each line are repeated?

Anaphora

200
A lyrical poem meant to be sung and praises something.
What is an ode?
200
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
300
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300

Why do poets use repetition?

To emphasize an important part of the story.

300

An indirect reference to an outside work of art or a cultural figure

Allusion

300
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
400
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
What is repetition?
400

A paragraph in a poem

Stanza

400
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
500

What type of figurative language uses like or as and is used throughout multiple lines of a poem?

Extended Simile

500

What is the pattern of rhyming in a poem called?

Rhyme scheme

500

A poem that has 19 lines, ABA rhyme scheme, and has repeated lines

What is a villanelle?

500

True or False: A poem can have more than one theme

True

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