Poetry Style
Tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
The repetition of a consonant sounds at any place in a series of words.
What is consonance
A figurative comparison using the word "like" or "as"
What is a simile
A line of poetry
What is verse
The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to evoke ideas, feelings, state of mind
What is imagery
Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
What is Haiku
Repetition or a pattern of (the same) vowels sounds
What is assonance
What is a metaphor
The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm
What is repetition
The pattern that is made by the rhyme within each stanza or verse (examples abba, cddc, etc.)
What is rhyme scheme
Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
What is a lyric poem
Rhyme with an identical sound at the end of the line
What is true rhyme
Nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes
What is personification
Repetition of the beginning sounds of a series of words
What is alliteration
A lyric poem that is 14 lines long (Shakespeare wrote these)
What is sonnet
A type of poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
What is an ode
Rhyming where words appear to rhyme but do not.
What is eye/sight rhyme
Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis
What is hyperbole
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem
What is stanza
A pair of lines that are the same length and (usually) rhyme and form a complete thought
What is couplet
A light, humorous poem of five lines
What is limerick
A literary device in which words are used to imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
A commonly used expression that does not make literal sense
What is an idiom.
A word, phrase, or image that stands for an idea or theme
What is symbol
Writing that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, irony, and simile
What is figurative language