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Types of Poems
Language in Poetry
Language and Objects
100
A Japanese poem with 17 syllables and 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5.
What is a Haiku?
100
The language an author uses in poetry or the language someone uses when reading a story.
What is Diction?
100
A comparison of 2 things with like or as.
What is Simile?
200
Poetry that doesn't rhyme or has any rhythm. The author can do whatever they want in this poem.
What is Free Verse?
200
Words with meanings that are different from the literal interpretation.
What is Figurative Language?
200
Comparison between 2 things WITHOUT like or as.
What is Metaphor?
300
A five-line stanza that doesn't rhyme
What is a Cinquain?
300
A word's actual definition.
What is Literal?
300
A literary device that has several meanings.
What is Symbol?
400
A poem that tells a story with a rhyme scheme of ABAB.
What is Ballad Poetry?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhymes. Example: pURple and cURtain.
What is Assonance?
500
Poetry that describes an object and is shaped like the object it's talking about.
What is Shape Poetry?
500
The way words and phrases are arranged.
What is Syntax?