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A. Literary Terms and their definitions #1
B. Literary Terms and their definitions #2
C. types of poetry
D. examples of literary terms #1
E. examples of literary terms #2
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comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
a word agreeing with another terminal sound?
What is rhyme?
100
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
100
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
100
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
200

We miners long ago did find

the skull rock on the lake.

The silver lay in open veins,

all shining for the take.

Ballad

200
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
200
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
300
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
300

Jumbo Shrimp, for example

Oxymoron

300
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
300

The leaves waved in the wind.

Personification

300
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
400
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a short, witty, humorous poem that has a rhyme pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
400
"he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there..."
What is alliteration? (consonance)
400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500

Wow, boom, splash, whoosh, bam

Onomatopoeia

500
Happens when words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a sentence.

Alliteration

500

This uses a name to create your poem.

Acrostic/Name Poem

500

It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and coats.

Hyperbole

500

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

Metaphor