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

When two words end with the same sound.

What is a rhyme?

100
A type of poem that does not contain meter or a rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
100

The two types of sonnets.

What are Shakespearan and Petrarchan/Italian?

200

Language that is used for clarification and is not meant to be taken literally.

What is a figurative language?

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 rhythm in a poem.
What is meter?
200
A type of poem that contains setting, characters, and a plot.
What is a narrative poem?
200
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
What is a simile?
300

"The road was a ribbon, stretching and winding along the desert" is an example of....

What is metaphor?

300
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Prose have sentences, poetry has _______.
What is a line?
300

Thick blankets of snow

Snuggling the flowerbeds

with a winter wrap

What is a Haiku?

300
Imagery depends on the author or poet focusing strongly on our _______________.
What are the five senses?
400

"The lightning danced across the sky" is an example of...

What is personification?

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
This poem expresses the thoughts and feelings about one idea. The language used in the poem is usually very musical.
What is a lyric poem?
400

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

What is a metaphor?

500

Something, usually an object, that represents or stands for something else.

What is a symbol?

500

Related to a foot, this is a type of timing that is usually associated with pentameter in sonnets and other poetry.

What is an iamb/iambic?

500

When the ends of each line in a poem follow a particular pattern. a a b b

What is rhyme scheme?

500
A visual image is created using the words of a poem.
What is a concrete poem?
500

The lines that repeat in a poem to create rhythm and emphasis?

What is a refrain?

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