figurative language
poetry terms
types of poetry
Stanza Bonanza
Potpourri on Poems
100
the repetition of the same beginning sounds
What is alliteration?
100
the author's use of description to create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
100
A poem has 5 lines, a humorous effect and the AABBA rhyme scheme
What is a limerick?
100
the repeated beat in a poem
What is rhythm?
100
A Japanese form of poetry that has only three lines. Line one has five syllables. Line two has seven syllables. Line three has five syllables.
What is haiku?
200
when human qualities are given to nonhuman things
What is personification?
200
the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line in  stanza
What is rhyme scheme?
200
a poem where the words, letters or shape of the poem match the topic
What is a concrete poem?
200
a group of related lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
200
a formula poem that has 5 lines, there is a traditional and modern version
Who is a cinquain?
300
an expression that is understood by some people but not others because the words do not mean exactly what they say
What is idiom?
300
the author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
300

DAILY DOUBLE!!! What kind of poem is this:

There once was a man named Heath,

Who sat on his set of false teeth.

He yelled with a start, 

"Oh, heaven! My heart!"

I have bitten myself from underneath!

 


What is a limerick.
300
repeating words, sounds, or phrases
What is repetition?
300
an expression of ideas or feelings in words
What is poetry?
400
a huge exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels
What is consonance?
400
A fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme and line form, usually written by Shakespeare
What is a sonnet?
400
The feeling the reader takes away from a poem
What is mood?
400
repetition of similar vowel sounds in words, but they do not rhyme
What is assonance?
500
a play on words with a humorous effect because the word suggests two or more meaning
What is a pun?
500
a likeness between two things that are not alike in other ways 
What is an analogy?
500
a poem written by a famous person or event
What is a ballad?
500
sound devise in which a word make a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
500
a formula poem that is shaped like a diamond
What is a diamante?
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