Forms of Poetry
Figures of speech
Sounds of Poetry
Sound Devices
poetry terms
100
Expresses a speakers emotions or thoughts
What is Lyric
100
Comparison of two or more things NOT using "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor
100
A regular pattern of stresses, like a beat
What is rhythm
100
Repeating the same starting sounds of words
What is an alliteration
100
Exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole
200
Poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme
What is Free Verse
200
Comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
What is simile.
200
When a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
What is repetition
200
The repetition of vowel sounds in several words
What is assonance
200
When one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
What is enjambment
300
Is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables
What is Haiku
300
Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
What is personification
300
The tear-drop trickled to his chin:/ There was a meaning in her grin is an example
What is rhyme
300
When words pronunciation imitates its sound
What is onomatopoeia
300
Writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
What is imagery
400
A fourteen line lyric poem
What is Sonnet
400
All night long with rush and lull/ The rain kept drumming on the roof
What is personification
400
A line of verse with five metrical fee, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable
What is iambic pentameter
400
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
What is alliteration
400
When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected.
What is irony
500
A poem that presents a list of many different images
What is a catalog poem
500
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
What is simile
500
Poem written about a person, with a predictable pattern
What is bio poem
500
My love is like a red, red rose
What is repetition
500
A song that tells a story poem
What is a ballad
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