Rhythm and Meter
Comparisons
Poetry Forms
Stanza Bonanza
Potpourri on Poems
100
may, say, lay, day, ray, and faye are examples of this
What is rhyme?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100

A note that includes a comment or explanation.

What is annotation?

100
Two lines at the end of a poem that rhymes. These two lines are usually at the end of a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
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
Rhyme at the end of lines.
What is end rhyme?
200
A comparison of two unlike things using being verbs. The cat is a green frog.
What is metaphor?
200
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
200
The way that lines are grouped in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200

The central message of a poem.

What is theme?

300

The shape or form of a poem, the way it hangs/joins together

What is structure?

300
Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is. She scared me to death.
What is exaggeration?
300
A poem that allows the speaker to express their feelings. "Winter" and "Down by the Salley Gardens" are examples.
What is a lyric poem?
300
Repeating words, lines, or phrases.
What is repetition?
300
Words that sound like what they mean. Snap, crackle, or pop are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a poem does not have any rhyme, a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and adheres to no form.
What is free verse?
400
This is a comparison of two unlike things using being verbs that goes on for a stanza or even the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
400
A fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme and line form.
What is a sonnet?
400
When a nonhuman object is given human characteristics. The limbs scratching at my window. The wind howling or hollering outside.
What is personification?
400
Repetition of the same beginning sound in words. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500
Ten syllables in a line -five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
Using comparisons in your writing. These should not be taken literally.
What are figures of speech?
500

A reference to something from history, literature, religion, that adds to its meaning

What is an allusion?

500
The author's attitude toward the character, the subject, or the audience.
What is tone?
500
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
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