The character who speaks in the poem, or narrates the poem.
What is speaker.
200
The pattern of beats, or stresses, in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm.
200
A 3-line stanza.
What is tercet/triplet.
200
The classroom was a zoo.
What is metaphor.
200
Rhyme that occurs within the lines, commonly seen in nursery rhymes.
What is internal rhyme.
200
The emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a poem.
What is tone.
300
A poem that tells a story and is written in 4- to 16-line stanzas, usually meant to be sung.
What is ballad.
300
A 7-line stanza.
What is septet.
300
"Will you walk into my parlor," said the spider to the fly.
What is personification.
300
The pattern of end rhyme designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme (abab cdcd efef gg).
What is rhyme scheme.
300
The two common types of context seen in poetry.
What is historical and cultural.
400
An overstatement.
What is hyperbole.
400
A 14-line stanza.
What is sonnet.
400
Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.
What is hyperbole.
400
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
What is rhyme.
400
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe used a lot of onomatopoeia and ______________.
What is repetition.
500
This is what you call writing or speech that is meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally.
What is figurative language.
500
A 4-line stanza.
What is quatrain.
500
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way
What is imagery.
500
Also known as near rhyme, this type of rhyme refers to the use of words that do not rhyme exactly but have a similar sound (rave and rove; rot and rock).
What is slant rhyme.
500
Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:
Little baby Oh so small
One day you will be big and tall
I watch you while you laugh and play
My love for you grows everyday
I tell you this with my whole heart
I love you just the way you are