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Poetic Devices 1
Poetic Devices 2
Sounds of Poetry
Sonnet
Haiku
100
Swoosh, Zip, Crack, Pow!
What is Onomatopoeia
100
A direct comparison
What is a Metaphor
100
These are used instead of paragraphs
What is a Stanza
100
Three 4-line stanzas
What is a Quatrain
100
The number of syllables total
What is 17
200
An object that represents something else
What is a Symbol
200
Example: He cried, and cried and then cried some more
What is Repetition
200
These are used instead of sentences within a stanza
What is a line
200
The rhyming last two lines
What is a Couplet
200
The most popular topic of a Haiku
What is Nature
300
Example: He's as dumb as an ox
What is a Simile
300
Example: Jumbo Shrimp; Run Slower
What is a Paradox or Oxymoron
300
Use of vivid language to evoke emotion via the 5 senses
What is Imagery
300
Wrote some very famous sonnets, and we studied 1 in class.
Who is Shakespeare
300
The number of lines in a Haiku
What is 3
400
Exaggeration used for effect
What is Hyperbole
400
A part that represents the whole
What is Synecdoche
400
The arrangement of lines within a poem
What is Rhyme Scheme
400
The number of lines in a sonnet
What is 14
400
The pattern of a Haiku
What is 5,7,5
500
Example: The desk stared up at me while I wrote.
What is Personification
500
Substituting one word or phrase for another
What is Metonymy
500
The Rhyme Scheme of a Sonnet
What is abab cdcd efef gg
500
Mr. Olsen's favorite sports team
What is the New York Yankees
500
The country where Haiku originated
What is Japan