Types of Poems
Language
Structure
Sound Devices
Figurative Language
100

A type of poem that tells a story and has plot and characters

What is a Narrative Poem?

100

The dictionary definition of a word

What is Denotation?

100

A group of lines in poetry separated by a blank line

What is a stanza?

100

When two words sound the same

What is rhyme?

100

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or lines

What is anaphora?

200

A type of poem that is written to be performed on a stage with actors

What is a Dramatic Poem?

200

The subtle underlying meaning of a word

What is Connotation?

200

A break at the end of the line, denoted by a comma, period, semicolon, or other punctuation mark

What is end-stopped?

200

When two words exactly rhyme

What is true rhyme?

200

Comparing two things to show their relationship or shared qualities 

What is an analogy?

300

A type of poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author or poet

What is a Lyric Poem?

300

A word you choose to use

What is Diction?

300

The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break; the thought runs on from one line to the next

What is enjambment?

300

When two words sound similar but are not an exact match

What is slant rhyme?

300

A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth

What is paradox?

400

What is an elegy?

What is a poem that mediates on life and death or speaks about the death of a person?

400

An example of a negative connotation of the word trusting

What is gullible, etc.?

400

A strong pause or stop within a line

What is a caesura?

400

A rhyme within the line

What is an internal rhyme?

400

A figure of speech in which part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part

What is synecdoche?

500

What are some examples of Lyric Poems?

What are sonnets, haikus, and limericks?

500

A positive connotation for the word weird

What is uncommon?

500

A mark that goes over a stressed syllable

What is an accent?

500

A rhyme at the end of the line

What is an end rhyme?

500

How the reader feels as he/she is reading the poem set by the words

What is mood?