The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
What is alliteration
100
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using like or as
What is simile?
100
The earth is a slow-moving car, spinning on its axis and rotating around the sun.
What is metaphor?
100
This poetry expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings, usually short and musical
What is lyric poetry?
100
I'll sing you a poem of a silly young king/ Who played with the world at the end of a string/ But he only loved one single thing/ And that was just a peanut-butter sandwich. -Shel Silverstein
What is AAAB
200
The repetition of ending sounds in two or more words
What is rhyme?
200
A direct comparison that does not use like or as,
What is metaphor?
200
The use of "word pictures" to increase the emotional impact or to describe with greater detail
what is imagery?
200
Poetry that tells a story - has plot, character, setting
What is narrative poetry?
200
...can't even think about it/ 'cause my brain is in it/ So I guess I'll sit down/ on this rock/ and rest for just a minute... -Shel Silverstein
What is AABCA
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
300
Exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole?
300
Something that stands for something else
What is symbol?
300
Poetry that uses elements of drama, especially dialogue and emotional conflict
What is dramatic poetry?
300
That time of year thou mayst in me behold/ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/ Upon these boughs which shake against the cold/ Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang -William Shakespeare
What is A, B, A, B?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words
What is assonance?
400
Gives human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400
figure of speech used in title : "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
What is simile?
400
"Incident in a Rose Garden" is this kind of poetry
What is dramatic?
400
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home
What is ABAB?
500
The grouping of lines in poetry
What is a stanza?
500
He jumped ten feet high!!
What is hyperbole?
500
A word or phrase repeated in a poem or song
What is refrain?
500
This kind of poetry got its name from and used to be accompanied by this instrument
What is a lyre?
500
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt land.
Tell old Pharaoh,
To let my people go.