A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
100
The first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word.
What is acrostic?
100
This type of word is made when two words are joined to form a new word like backpack and sandbox.
What is compound word?
100
This is a person, place and thing.
What is noun?
200
A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes.
What is personification?
200
A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected.
What is metaphor?
200
Five lines: Line 1: Title (noun)- 1 word
Line 2: Description- 2 words
Line 3: Action- 3 words
Line 4: Feeling (phrase)- 4 words
Line 5: Title (synonym for the title)- 1 word
What is cinquain?
200
These are words that mean the same thing like small and tiny.
What is synonym?
200
This type of word can express action.
What is verb?
300
The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words.
What is rhyme?
300
This is the division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains
What is stanza?
300
Japanese poetry that reflects on nature and feelings. There are three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third.
What is haiku?
300
These are words with opposite meanings like beginning and end.
What is antonym?
300
This type of word modifies a noun or pronoun. In this case, "modifies" means "tells more about." These are words that describe things.
What is an adjective?
400
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
This is the beat of a poem.
What is rhythm?
400
A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a similar number of syllables.
What is quatrain?
400
These words sound exactly alike, but have different spellings and meanings like there and their.
What are homophones?
400
This type of word is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common examples of this type of word include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we.
What is pronoun?
500
A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
500
This is another word for conversation. (Hint: this was one of the good beginnings)
What is dialogue?
500
Five lines. The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. The last words of lines three and four rhyme.
What is limerick?
500
This word is two words combined with an apostrophe such as can't, wouldn't, I'd, won't. When writing this type of word the main word usually doesn't change except in the following words: will not becoming won't and cannot becoming can't.
What is contraction?
500
This type of word tells more about how the verb is being done and often end in "-ly."