Poem Pieces
A group of related lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
This refers to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. (Zoom, zap, bap.)
What is onomatopoeia?
This is a repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words.
What is rhyme?
This type of poem tells a story, often making use of the voices of the narrator and the characters as well.
What is a narrative poem?
This is the repetition of the same beginning sound, like in tongue twister.
What is alliteration?
a group of words on a one line of a poem
What is a Line?
This type of poetry uses wit, wisdom, and humor.
What is humorous poetry?
This is a figure of speech in which a thing, and idea, or an animal is given human attributes.
What is personification?
A two line stanza
What is a Couplet?
What is a Simile?
This is a statement or a question with a hidden meaning that forms a puzzle to be solved.
What is a riddle?
This is the use of any of the five senses in a poem.
What is imagery?
Exaggeration often used for emphasis.
What is a hyperbole?
This is a figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike. (An eraser is as pink as a pig.)
What is a simile?
This type of poem has no real rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse?
What is the pattern or rhythm of the poem, focusing on syllables?
What is meter?
a comparison of who things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another. (Our lights are rainbows.)
What is a metaphor?
This type of poetry expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person (I).
What is lyric poetry?