Figurative Language
Types of Poems
Poem Structure
Poetry Analysis
Other Terms
100
A comparison using the terms like or as
What is a simile
100
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
100
repeated words or devices
What is a pattern
100
The overall feeling that a poem evokes within a reader
What is mood
100
A division of a poem made by arranging lines in units like paragraphs
What is a stanza
200
The repetition of initial consonant sounds (big brown bear)
What is alliteration
200
A poem that is written in a shape to extend its meaning.
What is a concrete or shape poem
200
A repeating rhythmic pattern established by the occurrence of similar sound patterns
What is meter
200
The central or dominating idea; The lesson or message the author is trying to convey
What is theme
200
Two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme
What is a couplet
300
Words that sound like their meaning (crunch, pop)
What is an onomatopoeia
300
Poems that use irregular rhythmic cadence with variations in phrases and patterns. MAY OR MAY NOT RHYME.
What is free verse
300
Words that sound alike (lake/rake)
What is rhyming words
300
The poet's attitude in style or expression toward the subject
What is tone
300
The shape of a poem and the arrangement of its words
What is form or structure
400
A comparison of two unlike things not using the words like or as
What is methaphor
400
A brief poem marked by imagination, melody, and feelings.
What is a lyrical poem
400
The repeated use of words, sounds, and other features
What is repetition
400
What is the first thing you should look at to think about the meaning of in a poem?
What is the title
400
The places in a poem where the poet decided to end on line and begin another to accentuate the meaning of the poem
What is a line break
500
The giving of human traits to inanimate objects (the hands on the clock moved)
What is personification
500
A poem that describes colors
A color poem
500
A pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza (AABBCCDD)
What is rhyme scheme
500
What is the name for the author of a poem
A poet.
500
The speaker of the poem is who?
What is the poet
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