Metaphor, Simile, or Personification?
Basic Poetry Terms I
Types of poems/poetry structure
Poetry Terms
Extra Stuff
100

Her eyes are as blue as the ocean.

What is a simile?

100

Poetry

What is a form/genre of writing that uses words to express feelings?

100
Rhyme Scheme
What is the way a poem's lines rhyme
100

Simile

What is a comparison using like/as?

100

Denotation

What is the literal meaning?

200
The wind whispered to the trees.
What is personification?
200

Stanza

What is a division/unit of meaning?

200
Sonnett
14 lines, 4 stanzas
200

Metaphor

What is a comparison between two unlike things, not using like or as?

200

What is the name of one of Mrs. Finch's dogs?

Dogmeat and Krypto

300

The avalanche was fury.

What is metaphor?

300

Theme

What is the main idea?

300

**Double** Free verse

What is poetry with no fixed rhyme?

300

Personification

What is giving something nonhuman a human-like quality?

300

Connotation

What are the emotional feelings associated with words?

400
The child was as calm as a breeze.
What is a simile?
400

Subject

What is the main topic?

400

Couplet

2 lines that rhyme

400

 Imagery

Language that paints a picture in your head

400

What is one of Mrs. Finch's favorite TV Shows?

What is Friends, Doctor Who, Arrow, Charmed, My Hero Academia, The Flash

500

 The hurricane devoured the town.

What is personification?

500

 Imagery

What is creating pictures in the mind?

500
Lyrical
What is a poem that expresses the thoughts/feelings of a single speaker? (14 lines, ends in a couplet)
500

**Double** Alliteration

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

500

 Within your group, come up with an example of: - Personification - Alliteration

What is.....