Poetry Terms
Cat and Rat
What is rhyme?
A musical quality added to poetry
What are sound devices?
A humorous, rhyming, five line poem with specific rhythm and rhyme
What is a limerick?
“I read that book a thousand times!”
What is a hyperbole?
The use of extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
Buzz!
What is onomatopoeia?
A poem in which the words create an image related to the content of the poem.
What is a concrete poem?
A five lined poem with twenty-two syllables
What is a cinquain poem?
His Pinocchio nose kept growing!
What is an allusion?
A reference to a well known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art
What is an allusion?
Wendy walked while talking.
What is alliteration?
A poem that tells a story in verse
What is a narrative poem?
Yellow like the sun
What is simile?
A comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
The author of the poem
Who is a poet?
Splat!
What is onomatopoeia?
A three lined poem with the syllables 5-7-5
What is a haiku?
Heart = love
What is symbolism?
A literary device in which a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself also adds meaning, or stands for something else
What is symbolism?
The appearance of the words on the page
What is the form?
She said it again, and again, and again.
What is repetition?
A short poem usually written in first person; is often in musical verse.
What is a lyric poem?
The rain ran down the side of the house
What is personification?
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman.
What is personification?
A group of lines arranged together
What is a stanza?