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Technique Definitions
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Poetry Types
From "A" to "O"
100

The word autobiography comes from this language.

What is Greek.

100

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally; used to create drama and express feelings.

What is hyperbole?

100
"Wrangling with words is a glorious thing."

What is alliteration?

100

A poem in which certain letters of each line spell out a word vertically; the content is usually related to this word.

What is an acrostic poem?

100

Starts with C. 3 letters. From a household animal, to where a baby sleeps.

What is cot?

200

This kind of autobiography is based on a universal or life-changing experience.

What is themed autobiography?

200

The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two of more words placed near each other; used to create mood and rhythm.

What is alliteration?

200

"You shout heaven on wheels, sweet-step fast as you can!"

What is metaphor?

200

5 lines; 1 stanza; AABBA rhyme scheme; written to make you laugh

What is limerick?

200

Starts with L. 4 letters. From being without, to making your house secure.

What is lock?

300

In this kind of autobiography, the author gives an account of overcoming adversity, illness, or war.

What is overcoming adversity?

300

A group of lines in a poem; the poetic form of a paragraph.

What is a stanza?
300

"But you sign it's forever-lasting, never-ending, aqua-true."

What is hyperbole?

300
17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5-7-5 syllables; usually about the natural world; from Japan.

What is a haiku?

300

Starts with S. 5 letters. From a punishment, to what you wear during art.

What is smock?

400

A.B. Facey's A Fortunate Life is this type of autobiography.

What is full autobiography?

400

A comparison between two thinks using 'like' or 'as'.

What is a simile?

400
"But you shout I'm not-fair-ily crash-cross kerlumping?

What is onomatopoeia?

400

2 stanzas - an octave and a sestest; ABBA, ABBA, CDECDE rhyme scheme; presents an argument, observation, or questions.

What is Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet?

400

Starts with W. 6 letters. From walking through the woods, to being amazed by a starry night sky.

What is wonder?

500

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another; it is also one reason why people write autobiographies.

What is empathy?

500

When one thing is compared to another by stating they share the same qualities.

What is a metaphor?

500

"Even all rowed out, or slow-moodily blue,

you should always love dearly, the poet in you."

What is rhyme?

500

4 stanzas - 3 quatrains and 1 couplet; ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG rhyme scheme; couple it used to conclude, refute, or emphasise the main idea. 

What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?

500

6 letters. Starts with S. From being asleep, to being caught in a trap. Past tense.

What is snared?