Poetry Terms
Figurative Language
Poems Covered in Class
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
A Little of This, A Little of That
100
What is a comparison of twl things that have some quality in common?
Metaphor
100
What are words such as BANG! BOOM! HISS!?
Onomatopoeia
100
What is the name of Casey's team?
The Mudville Nine
100
Where does the owner of the woods live?
The village
100
What is a short, humerous poem consisting of five lines called?
Limerick
200
What is a repetition of sounds at the ends of words?
Rhyme
200
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
200
What is the month is which "The Raven" takes place?
December
200
What is an example of personification in the poem?
The horse asks if there is some mistake.
200
What was the final score of the game in "Casey at the Bat"?
Four to two
300
What is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung?
Ballad
300
What is the following sentence an example of ? My friend has a heart of gold.
Metaphor
300
What happens to Casey?
He strikes out.
300
Why does the narrator stop on his way home?
To watch the woods fill up with snow
300
For whom is the narrator mourning in "The Raven"?
Lenore
400
What is a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables?
Haiku
400
What is the following statement an example of? The flowers nodded their heads in the cold wind.
Personification
400
What is the word the raven repeats over and over?
Nevermore
400
Why does the narrator leave the woods?
He has promises to keep.
400
What is the pattern of end rhyme in a poem called?
Rhyme Scheme
500
What is the regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables?
Meter
500
What does the following statement illustrate? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
500
Where does the raven sit?
On the bust of Pallas
500
Who is the author of the poem?
Robert Frost
500
What is poetry that presents the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker called?
Lyric PoetryWhat is poetry that presents the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker?
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