The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
What is alliteration?
100
A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile?
100
This type of poem does not use consistent rhymes or rhythms and can take any shape and address any subject.
What is free verse?
100
This dude writes a bunch of Latino poetry and stories about his life growing up working as a migrant worker in California.
Who is Gary Soto?
100
Paragraphs are to essays as these are to poems
What is a stanza?
200
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
200
A non-human object is described with human-like qualities
What is personification?
200
This 3-lined poem originated in Japan.
What is a haiku?
200
This chica spent her entire life in Massachusetts writing thousands of free verse poems on bits of paper.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
The narrator of a poem
What is the speaker?
300
The patterns of beats, or stressed syllables, in a line of poetry
What is rhythm?
300
Exaggeration used to create an effect or to make a point
What is hyperbole?
300
This 14-line rhyming poem explores the theme of romantic love.
What is a sonnet?
300
This poet grew up in segregated rural Arkansas. Best known for her autobiographies, her work, such as the poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me," is mostly lyrical.
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
A single row of words in a poem
What is a line?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables
What is assonance?
400
A statement that doesn't make sense literally, it compares two unlike things.
What is metaphor?
400
A long, thoughtful poem of praise, usually with irregular stanzas.
What is an ode?
400
This British author of "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and "Jabberwocky" enjoyed telling stories to children. He is well-known for his novel, Alice in Wonderland.
Who is Lewis Carroll?
400
A thing that stands for itself and something else
What is symbol?
500
When rhyming sounds are similar but not identical
What is slant rhyme?
500
The use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A poem that expresses the emotions of the poem's speaker
What is a lyric poem?
500
This author of "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set" is known for the many silly poems and illustrations he created for children.
Who is Shel Silverstein?
500
It is the vivid mental picture created in the reader's mind by a poem's language.