Structure of a Poem
The rows of text in a poem are called _________.
Lines
Point of View is the perspective from which the _______ tells a story or observes something.
speaker / narrator
A poem that has been retold over many years.
Nursery rhyme
A comparison that is not literally true is called a ___________.
Example "She is a shining star."
Metaphor
The lines of a power may be broken up into groups called _________.
Stanzas
__________ is written as if the poet were the speaker.
First Person
A poem that tells a story.
Narrative poem
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as" is called a ________.
Example: "He ran like a cheetah."
Simile
__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry.
Rhythm
____________ is written as if an outsider were the speaker.
Third-person
A poem that does not use rhythm or rhyme.
Free verse
Words that sound like the noises they describe are called _______.
Example: "Boom!" "Pop!"
Onomatopoeia
Words that _________ have the same ending sound.
Rhyme
________ uses words such as I, me, and mine.
First Person
A poem that is a humorous five-line poem that rhymes.
Limerick
An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say.
Example: "She spilled the beans."
Idiom
Nonliteral
_________ uses words such as he, they, and her.
Third-person
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words or stressed syllables is called _________.
Example: "Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Alliteration