METER
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and SOUND TECHNIQUES
RHYME TYPES
POEM TYPES
MISC
100
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
What is an iamb
100
a direct comparison not using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
100
Rhyming sounds are exactly the same
What is a pure rhyme
100
A poem written in the shape of its subject
What is a concrete poem
100
an indirect reference to another literary work (or famous person, place, or event)
What is an allusion
200
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
What is a trochee
200
giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is personification
200
Words look like they should rhyme, but they don't
What is a sight rhyme
200
A Japanese poem consisting of 3 lines and 17 syllables
What is a haiku
200
2 consecutive lines that rhyme
What is a rhyming couplet
300
two stressed syllables
What is a spondee
300
an indirect comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
300
Words don't exactly rhyme but come close
What is a slant rhyme
300
A poem wherein the 1st letter in each line, read downwards, spells a word or phrase
What is an acrostic
300
A poem with no rhyme scheme or rhythm
What is free verse
400
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
What is a dactyl
400
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration
400
Rhyming words come at the end of the line
What is an end rhyme
400
a humorous 5-line poem beginning with "there once was a ..."
What is a limerick
400
a poem with rhythm but with no rhyme scheme
What is blank verse
500
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
What is an anapest
500
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance
500
Rhyming words occur anywhere in the line other than at the end
What is an internal rhyme
500
a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg
What is an Elizabethan sonnet
500
the process of identifying meter
What is scansion (or "scanning" a poem)
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