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Types of Poetry
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration
100
The word "crunch" in this sentence: The crunch of the leaves as we walk.
What is onomatopoeia.
100
Feeling created in the reader by a poem
What is mood.
100
Comparison of dissimilar things by speaking of one object as if it was another.
What is metaphor.
100
Fourteen-line poem
What is sonnet.
200
The repetition of identical sounds in the last syllables of words.
What is rhyme.
200
A pattern of rhyme at the end of poetic lines.
What is rhyme scheme.
200
Definition of theme.
What is the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
200
"All the world's a stage."
What is metaphor.
200
A poem that lacks a set pattern of rhythm and rhyme.
What is free verse.
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
What is assonance.
300
The pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables of words in sequence.
What is rhythm.
300
"Deafening silence" is an example of this.
What is oxymoron.
300
"The ocean snarled and pounded against the shore."
What is personification.
300
A song-like poem that tells a story (usually an adventurous or romantic one) and is written in four to six-line stanzas.
What is ballad.
400
An ordered pattern of rhythm.
What is meter.
400

She sells seashells on the sea shore

What is alliteration

400

Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

What is euphemism.

400

 "bittersweet", "deafening silence", "open secret"

What is oxymoron.

400

a traditional Japanese three-line poem, typically following a 5-7-5 syllable structure, that focuses on a brief, illuminating moment in time, often with imagery from nature

What is haiku.

500
The repetition of consonants within nearby words in which the separating vowels differ, as in the words "milk" and "walk".
What is consonance.
500
This is an example of at least three sound devices: "Once upon a midnight dreary/while I pondered, weak and weary"
What is rhyme, alliteration, and assonance.
500
Choice of words in a poem
What is diction.
500
Imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem.
What is speaker.
500
A verse form with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables.
What is tanka.