This is a piece of writing that usually has a rhythm, rhyming, patterns, expressive and descriptive language, and figures of speech.
What is a poem?
100
This is language that uses descriptive and sensory language to describe a situation in vivid detail.
What is imagery?
100
This is a grouping of two or more lines of poetry.
What is a stanza?
100
Which figure of speech is the following an example of"
"The sun peeked over the mountain."
What is personification?
100
Nonmetrical, nonrhyming poems that follow natural rhythms of speech. These poems do not follow a pattern of sounds or rhythm or have a set length.
What is free verse?
200
Poetry is usually written using these rather than sentences.
What is verse?
200
Which sense does the following imagery relate to:
"The sweet taste of victory excited my soul."
What is taste?
200
Which element of form is the following an example of:
“I’m a poet,
And I didn’t know it.”
What is rhyme?
200
A figure of speech that compares dissimilar things using the words like, as, than, similar to, resembles, and seems.
What is a simile?
200
A narrative poem, often written to be a song, that is told orally. These poems often recount tragic, comedic, or heroic stories focusing on an event or character.
What is a ballad?
300
Poetry is more figurative, unlike prose which is more this.
What is literal?
300
Which sense does the following imagery relate to:
"The crashing cacophony broke the ear-splitting silence."
What is sound?
300
The pattern or order in which rhyming occurs in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Which figure of speech is the following an example of:
"He is a tiger ready to pounce on anyone who crosses him."
What is a metaphor?
300
A Japanese form of poetry made up of three unrhyming lines in the same form as a Haiku, usually humourous or cynical.
What is senryu?
400
This type of language uses non-literal meanings of words, comparisons, sensory descriptions, and figures of speech to communicate ideas.
What is figurative language?
400
Which sense does the following imagery relate to:
“The scented aroma of cookies filled the house.”
What is smell?
400
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neigbouring words.
What is assonance?
400
Which figure of speech is the following an example of:
"When I asked how he was doing, the dog said ‘Ruff.’”
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A type of poem that tells a story, usually with a consistent metre. They may be short or long, but often uses the voices of the narrator and the characters.
What is a narrative poem?
500
These are combinations of words and ideas that make abstract ideas concrete by evoking the senses.
What are figures of speech?
500
Which sense does the following imagery relate to:
"The deep blue of the sky contrasted with the pure white of the clouds."
What is sight?
500
Which element of form is the following an example of:
"I like a lot of little lilies lined up in a row."
What is alliteration?
500
This figure of speech comes in three types: dramatic, situational, and verbal.