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Poetry
Poetry 2
Genre
Literary Devices
Literary Devices 2
100
Comparing two things without using like or as throughout the entire poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
100
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is rhythm?
100
A genre that consist of lines and stanzas
What is poetry?
100
How the author feels about the subject that he or she is writing about.
What is the tone?
100
Two things that share a similarity
What is a comparison?
200
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
200
Poems are formed into these...
What are lines and stanzas?
200
A type of fiction that is shorter than a novel
What is a short story?
200
Things that can be proven as truth
What are facts?
200
Two things share differences
What are contrasts?
300
An expression that has nothing to do with the literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a line of a poem.
What is alliteration?
300
A type of fiction that is longer than a short story and organized into chapters.
What is a novel?
300
Things that are considered to be beliefs that vary from person to person
What are opinions?
300
An educated guess
What is an inference?
400
An exaggeration that is used as an expression
What is a hyperbole?
400
Assigning human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
400
A type of genre the has a cast of characters and it consists of lines and scenes.
What is Drama?
400
The reason that something happens
What is a cause?
400
Clues that help you determine the meaning of unknown words
What are context clues?
500
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
500
A type of figurative language that is a contradiction
What is an Oxymoron?
500
Any type of literature that encompasses anything about real people, places, and situations.
What is nonfiction?
500
The result of something that occurs
What is an effect?
500
The feelings associated with words
What are connotations?