Types of Poems
A type of poetry in which the shape and layout related to the poem's meaning.
What is a shape poem?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman or abstract things.
What is personification?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning or several words in a row or at least very close to each other.
What is an alliteration?
It’s no use trying to change his mind, he is as stubborn as a mule.
What is an example of a simile?
The cautious captain kept retreating.
What is an example of alliteration?
This form of poetry is free of traditional rules, verse, rhyme, meter or length.
What is free verse?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
What is an example of an idiom?
My computer has decided not to work today.
What is an example of personification?
What is an acrostic poem?
An over-exaggeration, often unrealistic, used to add emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
The night sky is a blanket of stars.
What is an example of a metaphor?
Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word.
What is an example of a pun?
A type of poem with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
A reference to a person, work, event, or well-known piece of pop culture.
What is an allusion?
A play on words involving a word with two or more meaning or involving words with similar sounds.
What is a pun?
I have told you a million times not to lie!
What is a hyperbole?
If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
What is an example of an allusion?