Structure
Types of Poems
Figurative Language
Measurements
Hodge Podge
100

The two types of rhyme devices are ____ and _____.

Internal and end rhymes.

100

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A haiku is made up of _________________ and talks about ____________.

3 lines consisting of 5 vowels, 7 vowels, 5 vowels and talks about nature.

100

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words

Alliteration

100

A stanza that has five lines in it is called a _______.

Cinquain

100

Describe the difference between a metaphor and simile.

Both compare unlike things-- similes use like or as and metaphors do not.

200

The continuation of a line onto the next line is called an _________.

Enjambment

200

Blank Verse

Poetry which does not rhyme and is written in iambic petameter. 

200
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow!" is an example of ________________.

Hyperbole

200

A group of seven lines in a stanza is called a ______.

Septet

200

An individual is being asked how job searching is going. He says, "I am still keeping my options open," but has not had a job for weeks.


This is an example of a _____.

Euphemism 

300

End stopped

When punctuation appears at the end of a line.

300

A lyric poem address/celebrating a person, place, thing, idea, etc.

Ode

300

The use of words that create the sounds they describe

Onomatopoeia

300

A stanza with 4 line is a ______.

Quatrain

300

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

Anaphora

400

A brief pause within a line of poetry.

Caesura

400

Type of poem with 14 lines.

Sonnet

400

O Rose thou art sick.

The invisible worm,

That flies in the night

In the howling storm

Personification
400

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A stanza with 8 lines is called an _____.

Octave

400

A mournful poem sung to someone who has passed.

Elegy

500

The repetition of consonant sounds (non-vowels) anywhere within nearby words.

Consonance

500

Form of poetry which is composed of 5 tercets and 1 quatrain.

Villanelle

500

"Parting is such a sweet sorrow" is an example of ____________.

Oxymoron

500

_______ are the basic building blocks of poetry.

Lines

500
Poem with the following rhyme structure:

aba

bcb

cdc

ded

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