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Types of Poems
Figurative Language
Surprise
Elements of Poetry
Surprise Again
100
Haiku
What has the rhyme scheme of 5-7-5?
100
Simile
What is comparing something using like or as?
100
Metaphor
What is a comparison not using like or as?
100
End Rhyme
What is rhyming occurring at the end of a line?
100
Dr. Seuss
What is a very well known poet?
200
Diamante
What is the style of poem that describes the subject then switches and describes the opposite of the subject?
200
Alliteration
What is a series of words starting with the same letter?
200
First Person Narrative
What is writing from the view point of "I"?
200
Tone
What is the attitude of a poem?
200
Repetition
What is repeating the same word to show emphasis?
300
Free Verse
What is unrhymed poem about anything?
300
Hyperbole
What is an obvious exaggeration?
300
Acrostic
What is a word written vertically with phrases coming off of each letter?
300
Line Breaks
What is the space separating the end of the line and beginning of a new line used to show emphasis?
300
Speaker
What is the perspective that the poem is written from?
400
Limerick
What is humorous poem that has the rhyme scheme of aabba?
400
Symbolism
What is something that represents something else?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!! The colour brown is symbolic of...
Earth, outdoors, nature, etc.
400
Imagery
What is using the five senses to enhance poetry?
400
Mood
What is the feeling of a piece?
500
Cinquain
What is the style of poem that ends with a synonym of the subject?
500
Personification
What is giving human characteristics to nonliving things?
500
English Sonnet
What is a style of poem that has a specific rhyme scheme and is 14 lines long?
500
Theme
What is the main idea the poet is trying to get across to the reader?
500
Stanza
What is a smaller unit within a poem?