Structure
A group of words in a row
What is a line?
The person who wrote the poem.
Who is the poet?
When word endings have the same sound (say, day, may, weigh, they)
What is rhyme?
"O my Luve is like a red, red rose " is an example of what figurative language term?
What is a simile?
A poem with 3 lines- the first with 5 syllables, the second with 7 syllables, the third with 5 syllables.
What is a haiku?
The term for a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The narrator of the poem (this may or may not be the same as the person who wrote the poem).
Who is the speaker?
The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words, such as "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."
What is alliteration?
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players " is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
A poem which has opposite nouns at the top and bottom, two adjectives for each noun, three verbs for each noun, and a phrase that connects the two nouns.
What is a diamante poem?
When a line ends with punctuation such as a period, comma, semicolon, dash....
What is an end-stop?
The attitude of the speaker toward the subject or theme of the poem.
What is tone?
Words that sound like what they mean (snap, crackle, pop, bang...)
What is onomatopoeia?
"Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me," is an example of what kind of figurative language?
What is personification?
A type of poem with 14 lines, 10 syllables per line, and a specific rhyming pattern.
What is a sonnet?
A poem has to have at least this many stanzas.
What is one?
The main idea or message that a literary work conveys.
What is theme?
The beat and pace of a poem created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.
What is rhythm?
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "The vibrations from this tantrum could be felt across the ground, They shook the entire U.S. and then they traveled the whole world round," is an example of what literary term?
What is hyperbole?
A form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation
What is slam poetry?
When a line does not end with punctuation and the thought continues on to the next line.
What is enjambment?
When a speaker directly addresses the reader, like "If you have to ask Why me? When you’re feeling really blue..."
What is second person point of view?
A measurement of the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.
What is meter?
A commonly understood phrase that has a meaning that can not be taken literally, like "Ms. W has a green thumb," and "That's no skin off my nose."
What is an idiom?
The name given to poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme, often has incorrect grammar or punctuation.
What is free verse?