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Rhythm and Meter
Comparisons
Poetry Forms
Stanza Bonanza
Potpourri on Poems
100
may, say, lay, day, ray, and faye are examples of this
What is rhyme?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100

A narrative poem that is often found in the form of a song.

What is a Ballad?

100
Two lines at the end of a poem that rhymes. These two lines are usually at the end of a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
100
A japanese form of poetry that has only three lines. Line one has five syllables. Line two has seven syllables. Line three has five syllables.
What is haiku?
200

ABAB  CDCD  EFEF  is an example of this.

What is Rhyme Scheme?

200
A comparison of two unlike things using being verbs. The cat is a green frog.
What is metaphor?
200

A poem that tells a story.

What is a narrative poem?

200
The way that lines are grouped in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200

The poet that wrote " The Road Not Taken" 

Who is  Robert Frost?

300

A A couple of lines that Rhyme

What is a Couplet?

300

Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is. She scared me to death.

What is hyperbole?

300

A poem whose shape or visual appearance contributes to its meaning.

What is a Concrete Poem?

300
Repeating words, lines, or phrases.
What is repetition?
300
Words that sound like what they mean. Snap, crackle, or pop are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a poem does not have any rhyme, a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and adheres to no form.
What is free verse?
400
This is a comparison of two unlike things using being verbs that goes on for a stanza or even the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
400
A fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme and line form.
What is a sonnet?
400
When a nonhuman object is given human characteristics. The limbs scratching at my window. The wind howling or hollering outside.
What is personification?
400
Repetition of the same beginning sound in words. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500

Pattern of Accented and Unaccented, stressed and unstressed, syllables in written or spoken language.

What is  Rhythm?

500

 A metaphor that is seen throughout the entire poem.

What is an extended metaphor?

500
A poem that mourns the passing of a person.
What is an elegy?
500
The author's attitude toward the character, the subject, or the audience.
What is tone?
500
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?