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Types of Poetry
Poetic Techniques
Examples
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
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This poem shares information about the author of the poem
What is bio-poem?
100
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
As slow as a snail.
What is an example of a simile?
100
When you postpone or put something off.
What is deferred?
100
This is a the name of the "paragraph" in poetry.
What is a stanza?
200
This poem takes the form of the object it is discussing.
What is a Concrete poem?
200
comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
200
He's a hungry hypo...
What is an example of a metaphor?
200
To take apart
What is dismantled?
200
This is the 4 line (alternate rhyming) piece in a poem
What is a quatrain?
300
This is a 14 line poem that originated with Shakespeare.
What is a sonnet?
300
Saying/writing the same phrase multiple times.
What is repetition?
300
I have a dream..., I have a dream..., I have a dream
What is an example of repetition?
300
Tangible
What is concrete?
300
This is the 2 line piece that ends a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
400
This is a seven lined poem that talks about opposite topics
What is a diamante?
400
When a non-living object is given human qualities.
What is personification?
400
When he gets angry he is the Hulk.
What is an example of an allusion?
400
This is why Romeo & Juliet dies and why...
What is love?
400
An example of this is "abab-cdcd-efef-gg"
What is rhyme scheme?
500
When poem are recited over a soundtrack or beat.
What is rap?
500
This is when there is a reference made to a well-known person?
What is an allusion?
500
After studying almost all night, my bed was calling my name.
What is an example of personification?
500
The main morale of Romeo & Juliet
What is: a) Don't make rash decisions. b) Think before you act. c) Violence leads to more violence.
500
This is when a poet uses one thing to represent something else.
What is symbolism or a symbol?