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Types of Poetry 1
Types of Poetry 2
Poetic Devices
Poetry Structure
Poetry Potpourri
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This type of poetry has three lines and exactly seventeen syllables
What is Haiku?
100
This type of poem is about the thoughts and feelings of the poet; it sometimes is meant to be sung, but not always.
What is lyric poetry?
100
"Her smile was as bright as the sun, and her hair looked like golden silk." This is an example of what type of comparison?
What is a simile?
100
The pattern of rhyme in a poem. For example: A B C B
What is rhyme scheme?
100
A comparison of two things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
200
This type of poetry has fourteen lines with ten syllables on each line
What is a sonnet?
200
This type of poem usually tells the story of a hero (like a folktale or legend), is meant to be sung, and has a repeated refrain.
What is a ballad?
200
A type of figurative language in which a non human thing is given humanlike characteristics
What is personification?
200
Two or more lines of poetry that together form the divisions of a poem. They are used like paragraphs in a story.
What is a stanza?
200
The repetition of vowel sounds in several words such as in "Try to light the fire."
What is assonance?
300
"The Raven" and "The Highwayman" are examples of this storytelling style of poetry.
What is narrative?
300
This type of poem is written in praise of a specific person or thing.
What is an ode?
300
Parkside Panthers, Strawberry Shortcake, and Suzy selling seashells by the seashore are all examples of this device.
What is alliteration?
300
The narrator of a poem; not to be confused with the poet (author) of the poem.
Who is the speaker?
300
The abstract concept explored by a work; the poet's message to the reader
What is the theme?
400
This type of poetry has no pattern of rhyme or meter and can be of any length.
What is free verse?
400
This type of poem is usually funny. It has five lines with a pattern of AABBA. Some of these poems begin with the words, "There once was a..."
What is a limerick?
400
A word such as "boom" or "pop" that suggests the sound that the word represents
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The overall feeling of a poem. Can be humorous, serious, nostalgic, romantic, gloomy, etc.
What is the tone (or mood)?
400
Two lines of poetry that rhyme. For example: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
What is a couplet?
500
This type of poetry can be extremely long and most often tells the story of a heroic figure. The Odyssey is one example of this.
What is an epic poem?
500

This type of poetry, favored by William Shakespeare, is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

What is blank verse?

500
Exaggeration for serious or comedic effect
What is hyperbole?
500
The pattern or flow of sound in a poem
What is rhythm?
500
A style of writing with exactly ten syllables in each line and a meter of stressed, unstressed.
What is iambic pentameter?