Figurative Language
Forms of Poetry
Tone/Theme/Mood
More Figurative Language
Misc.
100
Compares to things using like or as?
What is similie
100
a three-lined form of poetry originating from Japan. Format is 5 7 5 syllables
What is Haiku
100
the dominant feeling or atmosphere of the work
What is mood
100
an expression that combines contradictory or opposite ideas
What is oxymoron
100
a paragraph of poetry
What is stanza
200
a brief, direct comparison (does not contain like or as)
What is metaphor
200
A five line Irish poem usually humorous. a a b b a
What is Limerick
200
the writer appeals to the sensory experience through description.
What is imagery
200
the words a poet chooses to express her or his meaning
What is diction
200
a single line of poetry
What is verse
300
occurs when human characteristics are attributed to objects or ideas
What is personification
300
This type does not have rhyme scheme but it does have an establishes rhythm
What is blank verse
300
an object or person that represents something else.
What is symbolism
300
the flow of the words and lines in a peom
What is rhythm
400
the sound of the word mimics
What is onomatopoeia
400
Not concerned with format.
What is free verse poem
400
the fictional mask created by the poet
What is persona
400
a brief reference to a historical person, place, or event, or to another piece of literature
What is allusion
400
when words, phrases or sounds are used multiple times for emphasis in poetry
What is repetition
500
an exaggeration or overstatement used to generate ideas
What is hyperbole
500
When poems are connected by a similarity in sounds found at the end of the words in question.
What is rhyme scheme
500
the central idea or issue that the text is communicating to the audience
What is theme
500
is an address to something abstract (death, love), to someone absent is if they were present. Ex: Tree, why are you standing in my way?
What is apostrophe
500
a situation in which there is a discrepancy between expectation and actuality.
What is irony
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