Types of Poems
Rhyming, humorous, 5-lines
What is a Limerick
A grouped set of lines
What is a Stanza
Pattern or order of rhymes
What is a Rhyme Scheme
"A heart of Gold"
What is Metaphor
The mighty mountain animal representing our school
What is a Ram
big long poem, i.e., Beowulf or the Odyssey
What is an Epic
Pattern of syllables (stressed/unstressed)
What is Meter
Reoccurrence of phrases or words throughout a poem
What is Repetition
"I walked a million miles today"
What is Hyperbole
Indigenous name for our school's namesake
What is PKOLS
3-lines, 5-7-5 structure
What is a Haiku
split between stanzas
What is a line break
Words imitating noises (BUZZ or WOOSH)
What is Onomatopoeia
"The sun smiled back at me."
What is Personification
Famous musician & Mount Doug Grad
Who is Nelly Furtado
Oral, often improvised poem
What is Slam
strong pause/break
What is Caesura
The repetition of initial consonant sounds (big bird)
What is Alliteration
"She's got a mind like a diamond"
What is Simile
Unofficial school cafeteria serving Mount Doug
What is Chevron
14 lines, Iambic pentameter
What is a Sonnet
each line has 5 “iambs” / 10 syllables
What is Iambic pentameter
Repetition of vowel sounds (The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain)
What is Assonance
"Jumbo Shrimp"
What Is Oxymoron
Mount Doug's 2nd newest teaching staff member
Who is Sensei Shiau