Literary Devices
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A poem which has a rhyme scheme of AABB.
What is a rhyming couplet?
This type of syllable is louder and often emphasized verbally.
What is a stressed syllable?
A comparison without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Something that is written without any particular structure. Also known as ordinary writing.
What is free-verse poetry?
A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a:
What is a stanza?
A "term of phrase" or figure of speech which is not meant to be taken literally.
What is an idiom?
Something written to someone, often involving emotion.
What is an ode?
Another word for "free-verse" poetry is called:
What is prose writing?
This literary device goes hand in hand with descriptive writing, and involves the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
A short poem, which focusses on a syllable count of 5, 7, 5.
What is a haiku?
To get these points, give me three ways poetic verse differs from ordinary writing.
What is:
It does not have a formal structure, and often is structured more freely, or through rhymes.
It is often lyrical.
It relies heavily on descriptive writing through the senses.
It involves stylistic devices, or literary devices.
A word which looks, is spoken, and spelled exactly how it sounds. The sound is associated with the name.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Something that Shakespeare used in his poems, which focusses on stressed and unstressed syllables, and is very mathematical.
What is iambic pentameter?
To gain these points, give me THREE reasons why learning poetry is important.
What is:
Careers in creative writing.
Develop creative and descriptive writing, storytelling skills.
Learning to de-code different forms of writing, literature and media for larger meanings and ideas.