Poetry 1
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
A metaphor
When you give a human characteristic to something that is NOT human
What is personification?
A group of lines in a poem i.e. the "paragraph" of poetry
A stanza
What is a quatrain?
A literary genre that is comprised of poems
A rhetorical device in which a word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases.
What is anaphora?
The use of repeated sounds, words, or phrases
A great exaggeration
I'm dying of thirst.
What is a hyperbole?
What is a line?
The structure or beat in a poem
What is a rhyme scheme?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words
What is alliteration?
What is rhyme?
What is imagery?
Santa Claus was as quiet as a mouse as he climbed down the chimney on Christmas Eve.
What is an example of a simile?
Nick's noble naming nomination is next new years.
What is an example of alliteration?
The birds sings, the phone rings, and the bell dings.
The scarf hugged her neck in the bitter cold wind.
What is an example of personification?
The holiday is a bundle of joy.
What is an example of a metaphor?
The blooming flowers smelled of perfume and honey in the cool fresh spring air.
What is an example of imagery?
I read the book everyday. The book was my only escape. The book was my friend. Yes, I read the book everyday.
What is repetition?
Sarah loves to bake. She really just adores to make. How could she ever be a fake?
A poem with no specific structure or rhyme
Free Verse
a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together
What is a tercet?