Meter & Rhythm
What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry called?
What is meter?
What is a comparison using "like" or "as" called?
What is a simile?
What is the term for the arrangement of lines in a poem?
What is structure?
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
What is alliteration?
The lesson or message the poet is trying to convey?
What is theme?
Name a type of rhyme that occurs when the last syllables of words sound alike?
What is end rhyme?
What do you call it when human traits are given to non-human things?
What is personification?
What form of poetry tells a story and has a beginning, middle, and end?
What is a narrative poem?
What do you call a phrase that gives a sound effect, such as "buzz" or "whisper"?
What is onomatopoeia?
A single line of poetry?
What is verse?
In a poem, if the lines are written in sets of four lines, what is this structure called?
What is a quatrain?
What is an exaggeration used for emphasis called?
What is hyperbole?
What is the name for a poem that consists of 14 lines?
What is a sonnet?
What device is used when a poet repeats a line or phrase for emphasis?
What is refrain?
A type of writing that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form, usually using lines and stanzas?
What is poetry?
A poem that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme?
What is a free verse?
Identify the figurative language in the phrase "The world is my oyster."?
What is metaphor?
The physical structure of a poem?
What is form?
What is a pattern of rhyming words in a poem or stanza?
What is rhyme scheme?
The use of language that gives words a meaning beyond their usual definitions, not meant to be taken literally?
What is figurative language?
Poetry written with regular meter and unrhymed lines?
What is blank verse?
The use of language to create beautiful or forceful pictures in the reader's mind?
What is imagery?
The correspondence of sounds between different words or the ending of words?
What is a rhyme?
A group of lines that are together in a poem?
What is stanza?
A person who writes poems?
What is a poet?