This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
100
We have studied these two types of Poetic Techniques in our poetry unit.
What are onomatopoeia and alliteration?
100
This is a single line of words in a poem.
What is a line of poetry?
200
This is a poem paragraph
What is a stanza?
200
This poem uses line length to make a "diamond" shape.
What is diamante?
200
This type of figurative language is a huge exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
Poetic Techniques are also called these sometimes because they emphasize the use of sound in a poem.
What are Sound Devices?
200
Seeking, jumping, and drawing are all this part of speech.
What are verbs?
300
A line that is repeated throughout a poem
What is a refrain?
300
This rhyming poem has four lines.
What is a quatrain?
300
"The music lifted me up in the air and set me down gently" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
This Poetic Technique uses repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words.
What is alliteration?
300
Lovely, red, and gigantic are all this part of speech.
What are adjectives?
400
The repetition of sounds at the end of lines in a poem; it can have a pattern such as AABB, ABCB, or ABAB, for instance.
What is rhyme or rhyme scheme?
400
This poem has no set structure or rhyme but is still considered an artistic expression.
What is free verse?
400
"Love is a broken-winged bird" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
400
"Chocolate chip cookies" and "Tiny Tim tinkers with toys" are examples of this type of Poetic Technique.
What is alliteration?
400
This is the rhyme scheme of:
Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go.
What is ABCB?
500
Poets use capitalization, line length, and other types of these elements to strengthen the sound or visual appeal of a poem.
What are graphic elements?
500
This funny poem has a rhyme scheme AABBA.
What is a limerick?
500
This type of language can be both figurative AND literal.
What is Sensory Language?
500
"Ringing telephone," "squeaky shoes," and "screeching tires" are all examples of this type of poetic technique.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
In the poem above, this graphic element introduces the start of a new stanza.