Poetry Terms 1
What is a rhyme?
Words ending with similar sounds.
What is the term for words that imitate sounds, like whoosh, bang, snap?
Onomatopoeia
How many lines are typically in a haiku?
3
What is an acrostic poem?
A poem where certain letters form a word vertically
What term refers to a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Simile.
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" What is this an example of?
alliteration
The name of a poem with 14 lines and a rhyming couplet.
Sonnet.
Name a short funny poem with five lines.
Limerick.
Giving human characteristics to non-human things - what is the term?
Personification
Exaggerate something for humour or emphasis.
Hyperbole.
What is a couplet?
Two lines that rhyme
What is a slow sentimental or romantic song called?
ballad
Sam sold serpents secretly. Name the technique.
Sibilance.
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
How many syllables in total are usually in a a haiku?
Seventeen
The flowers danced in the wind. Name the technique.
Personification.
Repeating a line or a word several times.
Repetition.
The continuation of a line of poetry onto the next line.
enjambement
What is a quatrain?
A stanza of four lines.
Define free verse poetry.
Poetry without regular rhythm or rhyme