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Types of Poetry 1
Type of Poetry 2
Figurative Lang. 1
Figurative Lang. 2
Rhyme Scheme +
100

a three-lined stanza with a rhyme scheme: AAA, ABA, ABB

triplet

100
Poetry that doesn't have to rhyme and you have the freedom to express yourself
Free verse
100
A comparison using like or as
simile
100
A comparison stating that something IS something else
Metaphor
100

I saw a bird.                                                           It's singing I heard.                                                On the tree,                                                           It sang to me.

AABB

200
Two rhyming lines is called
couplet
200
A poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Limerick
200
A word that mimics the sound
Onomatopoeia
200
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
Repetition
200

Springtime is near,                                                   Oh how I can't wait!                                               The grass is turning green                                         I hope it's not late.

ABCB

300
four-line poem that may follow any one of the different rhyme patterns is called a
quatrain
300

A seven-lined structured poem that forms the shape of a diamond.

Diamante

300
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
300

 Using words exactly as they mean.  It is the opposite of figurative language.

Literal

300

School sure is fine                                                    If you ask me.                                                      The learning's all mine                                           The whole world I will see.

ABAB

400
A poem that has exactly 17 syllables in the format of 5, 7, 5
Haiku
400
A Japanese poem usually about nature that has a certain number of syllables in each line
Haiku
400
"The sun is a dandelion" is what form of figurative language?
Metaphor
400
Word combinations which have different meanings than literal meanings of the words.
Idioms
400

"Forever Faye will frolic with friends" is what type of figurative language?

Alliteration

500
Usually funny, tells one short story, has rhythm and a rhyme scheme
Limerick
500

A five-line poem about nature that follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern.

Tanka

500
The repeating of a beginning sound
Alliteration
500
"This poetry test is a piece of cake" is what type of figurative language?
Idiom
500
"His hat went so high that it touched the clouds" is what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole