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Types of Poetry
Elements of Poetry
Figurative Language
Poetry Strategies
Miscellaneous
100
This type of poetry tells a story in verse
What is narrative poetry
100
A pattern of beats
What is rhythm?
100
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is simile?
100
In this strategy the reader uses the five senses to understand the details used by a poet. These are the "word pictures" created by the poet.
What is imagery?
100
This is the person telling what is happening in the poem.
What is a speaker?
200
This type of poetry is highly musical verse that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings.
What is lyric poetry?
200
This is the imaginary voice you hear when you read a poem. It is the perspective from which the poem is written.
What is the speaker?
200
Tell which type of figurative language is being used "A dream is a winged bird."
What is metaphor?
200
This means to rewrite something in your own condensed words.
What is paraphrase?
200
This is a non-rhyming poem.
What is free verse?
300
In this type of poetry the words are arranged in the shape that reflects the subject of the poem.
What is concrete poetry?
300
These are groups of lines sharing the same ideas in a poem similar to paragraphs in an essay or story.
What is a stanza?
300
Words in the English language used to imitate sounds. ex. Bang! The book fell to the floor.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
If a poem is lengthy you should paraphrase by ___________.
What is stanza?
300
Identify the type of figurative language being used. The wave reached out and grabbed the small boy as he sailed to shore.
What is personification?
400
This type of Japanese poetry usually focuses on elements of nature.
What is a haiku?
400
This is the writer's attitude he/she portrays in the poem.
What is tone?
400
These are sayings that say one thing literally but mean something else figuratively. Ex. It's raining cats and dogs outside!
What is an idiom?
400
If a poem is short you should paraphrase by _________.
What is line?
400
List three examples of literary devices.
What are rhyming, non-rhyming, imagery, figurative language, white space, repetiton, etc.
500
This type of poetry is 14 lines and has a set rhyme scheme.
What a sonnet?
500
This is the main idea the poet is trying to get across to his/her reader.
What is theme?
500
Repetition of the same consonant sound two or more times in one piece.
What is alliteration?
500
When identifying rhyme scheme the reader should identify the pattern by using these.
What are letters?
500
This is when a poet or author repeats the same words to add emphasis to the poem or story.
What is repetition?