The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words.
What is alliteration?
100
This is the way the author feels about a topic or an audience.
What is tone?
200
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.
What is personification?
200
This three lined poem has a 5-7-5 syllable count
What is a haiku?
200
These are rhymes that are at the ends of lines of poetry.
What is end rhyme?
200
Words that appeal to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
200
This is how the audience feels after reading a literary work.
What is mood?
300
Comparing two things using any comparison word, such as "like" or "as."
What is simile?
300
This form of poetry begins by writing a word vertically and then uses the letters of that word to create other words or phrases that describe that word.
What is an acrostic?
300
These types of rhymes occur in the middle of a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
300
Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of words.
What is consonance?
300
This is a poem that is shaped like a diamond and is used to show the differences between two ideas.
What is a diamond poem or a diamonte?
400
Comparing two different things without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
400
This poetry form lacks rules and a regular rhyme scheme.
What is free verse poetry?
400
Two words that sound exactly alike.
What is perfect rhyme?
400
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by DIFFERENT consonant sounds.
What is assonance?
400
This is a poem that has seven lines and is used to examine one topic from several different aspects of that topic. Each line has a specific number of syllables that needs to be met.
What is a cinquain?
500
Words that echo what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This poetry form is 5 lines, humorous, and has a rhyme scheme of A, A, B, B, A.
What is a limerick?
500
Two words that almost rhyme, but are not perfect.
What is slant rhyme?
500
Similar vowel sounds and similar consonant sounds that follow the vowels in words that are close together.
What is rhyme?
500
This poem has a rhyme scheme of A,B,A,B, C,D,C,D, E,F,E,F, G,G.