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

two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending. AABB rhyme scheme.

rhyming couplet

200

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Ex. I'm hanging around

What is an Idiom 

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 poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable; closest to everyday speech

iambic pentameter

300
"The lightening danced across the sky." This is an example of what?
What is personification?
300

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

What is a sonnet


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 have sentences, poetry has _______.
What is a line?
300
Imagery depends on the author or poet focusing strongly on our _______________.
What are the five senses?
400
Language that is used for clarification and is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
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
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 metaphore?
500

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

What is Connotation? 

500

A story/narrative in poetic form usually dealing with romance or adventure

What is a ballad? 

500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
When the ends of each line in a poem follow a particular pattern. a a b b
What is rhyme scheme?
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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