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Famous Poets
100
This is the term for two lines in a poem that are placed together and rhyme with one another.
a couplet
100
Exaggeration in a poem
hyperbole
100
When a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
Repetition
100
Writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures" in the mind of the reader
Imagery
100
This female poet wrote short poems about everyday concepts such as the passing of time
Emily Dickinson
200
This is the term for a stanza of six lines.
a sestet
200
Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
200
When two words share the final sound
Rhyme
200
This male poet wrote hundreds of sonnets and is know as the most important figure in the history of the English language.
William Shakespeare
300
This is the term for a stanza with four lines.
a quatrain
300
Repeating the same starting sounds of words
Alliteration
300
Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
Personification
300
A poem's rhythmical pattern
Meter
300
This male poet wrote poems about nature and journeys in life. (Hint: The poet's last name is a milder form of ice that forms on plants in the winter.)
Robert Frost
400
This is the term for a stanza with eight lines.
an octave
400
Comparison of two or more things NOT using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
400
When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
Irony
400
The combination of one unstressed and one stressed syllable.
Poetic Foot
400
This male poet wrote poems about the challenges that faced African-Americans in the 1920's.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
500
This is the term for a stanza with seven lines.
a heptastich
500
A regular pattern of stresses, like a beat
Rhythm
500
When a word's pronunciation imitates it sound
Onomatopoeia
500
The combination of two opposite terms in one phrase, such as "jumbo shrimp"
Oxymoron
500
This non-famous poet wrote poems from the age of 12 until 20 about the hardships of life as a teenager and world issues.
Mr. Richey