The purposeful reuse of words or phrases in a poem.
What is repetition?
100
The following part of a poem:
Poetry hides
What is a line?
100
Metaphor.
What is a comparison that does not use like or as?
100
An example of a cliche.
What could be:
Busy as a bee
Hungry as a horse
100
A William Carlos Williams poem, like 'The Red Wheelbarrow,' is in this form.
What is free verse?
200
The use of word(s) that imitate the sound of their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The number of stanzas in 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos Williams.
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
What is four stanzas?
200
Simile.
What is a comparison that uses like or as?
200
An example of hyperbole.
What could be:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
That cat weighs a ton.
We walked ten miles to school, uphill both ways.
200
A poem in the shape of an object that is usually related to the topic.
What is a concrete poem?
300
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other.
What is alliteration?
300
This poem is an example of AABB ______:
Out, Out to your home
Then brush your hair with a comb!
You will have a good vacation!
Maybe in another nation!
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Mood.
What is the style of language the poet uses to convey feelings and ideas?
300
An example of an oxymoron.
What could be:
Jumbo shrimp
Bittersweet
Almost exactly
Alone in a crowd
300
A Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of 5-7-5 syllables.
What is a haiku?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
400
The poetic device Carl Sandburg uses to describe the fog:
The Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
What is metaphor?
400
Imagery.
What are words or phrases that appeal to the senses, in poetry.
400
An example of a symbol.
What could be:
The flag represents a country.
A lion represents courage.
Hearts represent love.
400
The point of view in the following lines:
As I look through the telescope
And see the stars
The comets
The asteroids
What is first person?
500
Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words
What is consonance?
500
The device Langston Hughes uses in 'April Rain Song' to describe the rain.
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
What is personification?
500
Apostrophe.
What is speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object, addressed directly by name in a poem.
500
An example of synesthesia.
What could be:
Her voice sounds sweet.
Cinnamon is a loud aroma.
His smile is velvety.
500
The point of view in the following lines:
The trees are green limes
thinking of lemonade
on a blistering day.