SOUND DEVICES
POETIC STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
POETIC FORM
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
the repeated use of a word or phrase.
What is repetition.
100
A stanza that contains two lines.
What is a couplet?
100
Definition: an advantage, an improvement, or a type of help that something offers.
What is benefit?
100
Poetry that follows fixed, tradition patterns.
What is formal verse?
100
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
The attitude the writer projects in a poem or story.
What is tone?
200
The logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs in an essay.
What is a stanza?
200
Definition: Something that is believable and reasonable.
What is valid?
200
A poem that tells a story.
What is a Narrative Poem?
200
Assigning human qualities to non-human subjects.
What is personification?
300
The use of words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Definition: The sum of personal traits that make a person unique.
What is individuality?
300
Poetry that uses poetic language, but does not follow a fixed pattern.
What is free verse?
300
Compares by describing one thng as if it were another.
What is a metaphor?
400
The repetition of initial consonant sounds?
What is alliteration?
400
A stanza that contains three lines.
What is a tercet?
400
Definition: related directly to the subject being discussed.
What is relevant?
400
A poem that presents a drama in verse.
What is Dramatic Poetry?
400
explains, clarifies, or illustrates by drawing comparisons
What is an analogy?
500
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word?
What is consonance?
500
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.
What is meter?
500
Definition: The meaning or importance of something.
What is significance?
500
Vivid language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
500
Carries a metaphor throughout part or all of a poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
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