Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Repeating the same beginning sound
What is alliteration?
A poem that doesn’t rhyme
What is free verse?
A poem with 3 lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a Haiku?
A direct comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Repetition of vowel sounds inside words
What is assonance?
A poem’s message or main idea
What is theme?
A short poem with strong rhythm and rhyming couplets, sometimes used in children’s rhymes.
What is nursery rhyme?
Giving human qualities to something non-human?
What is personification?
Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
What is consonance?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
A poem that describes something by forming a picture with the arrangement of its words on the page.
What is a concrete (shape) poem?
An extreme exaggeration used for effect?
What is hyperbole?
Words that imitate sounds like bang or crash
What is onomatopoeia?
The smallest unit of a poem (NOT a stanza).
What is a line?
A poem where each line starts with a letter from a word.
What is an acrostic poem?
What do we call the descriptive atmosphere that a poem creates for the reader?
What is mood?
The pattern of beats in poetry
What is rhythm (or meter)?
The pattern of end rhymes (AABB, ABAB) is called…
What is a rhyme scheme?
A funny poem with 5 lines and AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?