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Poetry Terms
Simile or Metaphor
Idiom, Hyperbole, Alliteration, or Personification
Poetry Terms 2
Rhyme Scheme
100
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
100
The earth was a slow-moving car
What is metaphor?
100
People who cheat are a dime a dozen
What is an idiom?
100
The beat, sound, and feel of a poem.

What is rhythm?

100

I found a book of poems.
I brought the book to school.
And every time I looked at it.
I giggled like a fool.

What is ABCB?

200
Repetition of beginning sounds, whether consonants or vowels.
What is alliteration?
200
Listening to Justin Bieber sing is like hearing a voice from heaven.
What is a simile?
200
If I said it once, I said it a thousand times…
What is hyperbole?
200

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

200

How dry I am, how wet I’ll be,
If I don’t find the bathroom key.
I found the key, but it’s too late.
I just missed my bathroom date.

What is AABB?

300

Poetry that does not rhyme, it is without a specific meter; often has incorrect grammar or punctuation

What is free verse?

300
As phony as a three-dollar bill
What is a simile?
300

The earth moved under my feet.

What is personification?

300

A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion.

What is a poem?

300

Bee, be, B,
I’d rather climb a tree,
than learn to spell,
the same old word,
not just one way, but three

What is AABCA?

400

The feeling the poet is trying to convey.

What is the mood?

400
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
What is a metaphor?
400

Anaheim Angels

What is alliteration?

400

A single row of words in a poem.

What is a line?

400

Have you ever heard the story
Of Mrs. J. J. Brown?
How she became a legend
When the ship was going down?

What is ABCB?

500

The truth, lesson, or message about life.

What is the theme?

500
When I saw Mrs. Rist for the first time, my heart melted like a candy bar in summer.
What is simile?
500

I could eat all the candy in the world.

What is hyperbole?

500

The repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a poem.

What is repitition?

500

My baby brother is so small,
He hasn’t even learned to crawl.
He’s only been around a week,
And all he seems to do is bawl
and wiggle, sleep…and leak.

What is AABAB?