Poetry terms
These types of poems have syllables arranged 5,7,5; must create a clear picture that will evoke a strong emotional response in the reader
What is a Haiku?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as the s in 'sleep-song,' 'Where's Waldo,' or 'fast flying fish' is called...
What is alliteration
A group of lines n a poem is called...
What is a stanza
Pictures formed in the mind using the five senses create or make up
What is imagery
A comparison between two different things by saying one thing IS something else is called
What is a metaphor
Words that are what they sound like, such as buzzing bees are a type of..
What is onomatopoeia
Giving human qualities to non-living objects is called...
What is personification
The use of a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once is called...
What is repetition
A comparison of two things using like or as is called...
What is a simile
This is considered a "voice" that talks to readers...
Who is the speaker?
This is defined as the repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words
What is assonance?
The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines as in thing and sing, cry and sky, marked by capital letters, like AABA, or ABAB
What is rhyme scheme
We refer to this as the message about life or human nature the author shares, or the author believes...
What is theme
This is considered the attitude the writer or poem takes towards the audience, subject, or character.
What is tone
The use of extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
This is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage, NOT the feeling put forward by the poet
What is mood
This type of lyric poem that deals with serious themes, such as justice, truth, or beauty.
What is an Ode
We refer to this as the repetition of sounds at the ends of words as in thing and sing, cry and sky.
What is rhyme?
This type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited, in modern times, it refers to a slow love song...
What is a ballad?
Different from assonance, this is when consonant sounds are repeated
What is consonance
A type of poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
A poetic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm
A poem that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story.
What is lyric poem
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, different than rhythm
What is meter
In poetry, when two verses paired together that have the same meter and rhyme it is called a
What is a couplet