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Basic Poetry
Poetic Terms
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Poetic Terms
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"Paragraphs" in poetry
What is "stanza"?
100
Comparing using "like" or "as."
What is "simile"?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is "alliteration"?
100
"The Highwayman came riding, riding" is an example of this.
What is repetition?
100
The kind of poetry that tells a story with a plot, character(s) and setting
What is "narrative poetry"?
200
An unrhymed poem with lines of different lengths.(2 words)
What is "free verse"?
200
Comparing two unlike things by saying that one IS the other.
What is "metaphor"?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words.
What is "consonance"?
200
"Rage against the ... day" is an example of this.
What is assonance?
200
Giving human emotions or qualities to an animal or object.
What is "personification?"
300
The feelings of the poet/speaker.
What is tone?
300
The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis.
What is repetition?
300
"Sally sells sea shells" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
300
"...the grass grows soft" is an example of this sound element
What is consonance?
300
"All the seas in the world could not contain the tears of her sadness" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
400
The reason an author writes.
What is Purpose?
400
Sound words like "Plop!", "Buzz"
What is "onomatopoeia"?
400
"Love is a woman looking for a place to sleep" is an example of this.
What is metaphor?
400
A regular pattern of rhyming that can be labeled aa, bb, etc., is called this
A rhyme scheme?
400
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is Idiom?
500
The feelings or emotions evoked by the poem.
What is "mood"?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
What is "assonance"?
500
His heart is like an icy cavern is an example of this.
What is simile?
500
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is rhythm?
500
"cave as amazing as Aladdin's wondrous cave" is an example of
What is an allusion?