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Vocabulary
Type of Poems
Poets
Poetic Elements
Vocabulary
100
Astonished or amazed
What is flabbergasted?
100
This type of poem has end rhyme.
What is lyric?
100
This poet was born in Dayton Ohio in 1872.
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
100
Compares two unlike objects
What is metaphor?
100
An entry-level game player is called this.
What is novice?
200
Unskilled or Incapable
What is inept?
200
This type of poem mimics everyday speech.
What is free verse.
200
This poet teaches at the University of Virginia.
Who is Rita Dove?
200
A line that is repeated several times in a poem.
What is a refrain?
200
Respectable
What is venerable?
300
Loud--as in someone who yells or is rude
What is vociferous?
300
This type of poem contains items in order.
What is a list poem?
300
This poet is considered one of the major voices in Chicana literature.
Who is Rita Dove?
300
Something that represents something else: something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction
What is symbol?
300
Promiscuous or careless behavior
What is wanton?
400
A lot or many
What is plethora?
400
This type of poem has a refrain that is repeated.
What is lyric
400
This poet wrote "Hope is the thing with feathers"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
The author's word choice is called this.
What is diction?
400
Athletic, flexible
What is lithe?
500
To have care and concern for others
What is empathy?
500
This type of poem has a "twist" at the end.
What is list poem?
500
The philosophy or the message of the poem.
What is theme?
500
Congenial, friendly
What is amiable?