Figurative Language
Types of Poems
Sound Devices
Elements of Poetry
Miscellaneous
100
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
100

Thick blankets of snow. Snuggling the flowerbeds. with a winter wrap.

What is a Haiku?

100
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100
Name the rhyme scheme My cat is gray. My cat is fat. My cat is cute. I like my cat.
What is a b c b?
100
swat, thump, buzz, kerplunk - special types of words
What is onomatopoeia?
200
"The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert." This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is a metaphore?
200

A humorous or nonsensical poem composed of five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA

What is a Limerick?

200
A sound, a word, or a phrase that is used more than once throughout the poem is a technique called..
What is repetition?
200

A pattern of rhyme in a poem.

What is rhyme scheme?

200
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
What is a simile?
300
"The lightening danced across the sky." This is an example of what?
What is personification?
300

A type of poem that does not contain meter or a rhyme scheme.

What is Free Verse?

300
The repetition of words at the ends of lines that have the same vowel and consonant sounds - for example (phone, tone)
What is rhyming?
300

Prose & paragraphs have sentences, poetry has _______.

What is a line?

300

Descriptive language that invokes any of the five senses to create a set of mental images for the reader.

What is imagery?

400
Language that is used for clarification and is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
400

A visual image is created using the words of a poem.

What is a concrete poem?

400
The beat created by the use of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
400
The lines in a poem are arranged into groups. These lines are not called paragraphs. They have a specific poetry term.
What is a stanza?
400

"Laughter is the music of the soul." What type of figurative language is this?

What is a metaphor?

500

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" This is an example of what? 

What is a hyperbole?

500

A form of poetry that tells a story, often using elements of a narrative such as narrator, plot, setting, and characters.

What is a narrative poem?

500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500

A pattern of rhythm in a poem.

What is meter?

500

A type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines which follow the pattern of 5, 7, 5 syllables

What is a Haiku?

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