Types of Poems
Elements of Poetry
Figurative Language
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100

This type of poem has no rhyme or rhythm.

What is a Free Verse poem?

100

This occurs when two words have the same or a similar ending sound.

What is rhyme?

100

This is a type of figurative language comparing two objects using the words "like" and "as".

What is a simile?

100

1. This root means "single" or "one".

2. This root means "many".

1. What is "mono"?

2. What is "multi"?

200

This type of poem has five lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme, with one couplet rhyme and one triplet rhyme.

What is a limerick?

200

This is the beat or pattern in a line or group of lines.

What is rhythm?

200

This is a type of figurative language comparing two objects, NOT using the words "like" and "as".

What is a metaphor?

200
This is a word describing a sound and trying to match that sound as close to the noise as possible.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

This type of poem has three lines. The first line and third line have five syllables, and the second line has seven syllables.

What is a haiku?

300

This is a group of lines - the paragraph of the poem.

What is a stanza?

300

This is a type of figurative language that a poet or author uses for description to appeal to the five senses.

What is imagery?

300

Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem.

There once was a crazy teacher
Ms. Coyle was her name
She loved to dream of dragons
And play her Skyrim game

When she make a TikTok,
She sighed and grumbled, "GRR!"
Because all of her students
Refused to follow her!

What is ABAB ABAB?

400

This is a group of two lines that rhyme.

What is a couplet?

400
This is a structure that readers create in order to understand which lines have the same ending sound.

What is a rhyme scheme?

400

This is a type of figurative language where human qualities, emotions, and actions are applied to objects or animals.

What is personification?

400

This is a type of figurative language where a group of words all begin with the same letter.

What is alliteration?