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Definitions
Types of Poetry
Structure
Poetic Language
Examples
100
A series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line from other stanzas.
What is stanzas?
100
A poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker.
What is a descriptive poem?
100
The repetition of similar sounds.
What is rhyme?
100
the repetition of initial sounds on the same line or stanza
What is alliteration?
100
It has an unrhymed verse form having three lines and usually 5,7,5 syllables, respectively. It's usually considered a lyric poem.
What is haiku?
200
How to label or categorize a poem
What is form?
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines
What is end rhyme?
200
words that sound like that which they describe
What is onomatopoeia?
200
A type of lyric poem consisting of 14 lines
What is sonnet?
300
Any poetry that has rhythm, but has no rhyme
What is blank verse?
300
Any poem with one speaker who expresses strong thoughts and feelings.
What is lyric poetry?
300
rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line
What is internal rhyme?
300
the repetition of entire lines or phrases to emphasize key thematic ideas.
What is repetition?
300
A type of long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero.
What is epic?
400
Any poetry that has neither rhythm nor rhyme
What is free verse?
400
This type of poetry uses elaborate imagery to paint a picture in your mind
What is descriptive poetry?
400
the systematic regularity in rhythm, also known as sound pattern
What is meter?
400
Give me a sentence that has alliteration in it (at least three words)! The sentence must make sense.
What is answers will vary?
400
A very structured poem, usually humorous & composed of five lines
What is limerick?
500
A type of narrative poem that has a musical rhythm and can be sung.
What is ballad?
500
What type of poetry's structure resembles the plot line of a story
What is narrative poetry?
500
Give me three two-syllable words that rhyme with each other.
What is answers will vary?
500
Read the poem below. Alliteration, onomatopoeia, or repetition?
What is repetition? (I'll be there)
500
What type of poem is this?
What is haiku?