Sound Devices
Literary Elements
Poem Types
Match Examples to Terms
Poetry Structure
100
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
100
the message or life lesson that the writer is trying to communicate through their work
Theme
100

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Free Verse 
100
Tom is a cat

He is fat

He sits on a mat

Rhyme 
100
language written in lines and stanzas 
Poem
200
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together
Alliteration
200
The overall feeling of a work of art
Tone
200
A poem that tells a story
Narrative Poem
200
Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore.
Alliteration 
200

a unit of language into which a poem or play is divided

Line
300
the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
Assonance
300
a reference to a well-known person, event or place in history,music, art, or another literary work
Allusion
300
a poem in praise of a specific object, person, place, or event
Ode
300

I'm so tired I could sleep for a hundred years. 

Hyperbole 
300

a division of four or more lines, similar to paragraphs in prose

Stanza
400
the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together
Consonance
400
a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
Extended Metaphor 
400

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Haiku 
400

Green and speckled legs,

Hop on logs and lily pads

Splash in cool water.

Haiku 
400
a consistent pattern of rhyme throughout a poem 
Rhyme Scheme
500

The repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of two or more lines.

Anaphora

500
exaggeration used to suggest strong emotion or create a comic effect
Hyperbole 
500

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

Sonnet
500

The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.

Assonance

500

 is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern within the lines of a poem

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