Structure
One single unit of a poem
What is a line?
Human characteristics given to non-humans
What is Personification?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Repeated initial consonant sounds
A poem that tells a story
What is a stanza?
Vivid pictures painted with words
What is imagery?
What is a metaphor?
A word that makes the sound you hear
What is onomatopoeia?
What is acrostic poetry?
Words that sound the same
What is rhyme?
A comparison between two things
What is an analogy?
A reference to something or someone from history, science, pop culture, sports, etc.
What is an allusion?
Repeated vowel sounds within a sentence
What is assonance?
A poem with no rhyme or rhyme scheme
What is free verse poetry?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
What is rhythim?
An exaggeration that includes opposites, like jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Repeated consonant sounds within a line or sentence
What is consonance?
A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines
What is a limerick?
A pattern of rhyme throughout a poem
What is a rhyme scheme?
An expression that contains its own meaning, like raining cats and dogs
What is an idiom?
A play on words
Pun
Repeated words, phrases, or lines
What is repetition?
A poem, typically about nature, containing 17 syllables
What is a haiku poem?