Poetry Terms 1
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Random Trivia
100

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;

A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”

What is Alliteration?

100

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

Ex: Love is a battlefield.

What is Metaphor?

100

What rhymes with bag that starts with the letter r?

rag
100

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

Ex: Love is like a battlefield.

What is Simile?

100

An adult human has this many teeth.

What is 32?


200

Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

Poetry is for You

And for your head!.

What is the rhyme scheme?

What is A B B A

200

Excerpt from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

And miles to go before I sleep

And miles to go before I sleep


This is an example of ____.

Refrain
200

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

What is Theme?

200

Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.

What is Personification?

200

This is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis.

What is Venus?

300

Lyric poem 

A poem with musical qualities, told in first person, and about an emotional story.

300

What are clues to tell us something is written in first person?

Pronouns like I, me, we, us are used. 

300

Repetition

What is a word that is repeated in a poem.

300

A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle

What is Onomatopoeia?

300

Mount St. Helens last erupted during this year.

What is 1980?

400
What is a stanza?

A paragraph in a poem.

400
Refrain

What is a repeated line in a poem?

400

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

What is Rhythm?

400

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

What is Free Verse?

400

This religion has the following deities: Krishna, Ganesh, Lakshmi, and Shiva.

What is Hinduism?