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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 poem that describes a person.
What is a portrait poem?
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
Rhyme at the end of lines.
What is end rhyme?
200
A comparison of two unlike things without using like, as, than, or resembles. The cat is a green frog.
What is metaphor?
200
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
200
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit (can be one line or several).
What is a stanza?
200
Words that sound like what they mean. Snap, crackle, or pop are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Marking the accent and unaccented marks in a poem.
What is scanning? (scansion)
300
Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is. She scared me to death.
What is exaggeration?
300
A poem that appears in verse plays, such as Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET or HAMLET.
What is a dramatic poem?
300
Rhyme that occurs within a line.
What is internal rhyme?
300
Repetition of the same beginning sound in words. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
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
Four feet in a line of poetry.
What is tetrameter?
400
All the meaning, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
What is connotation?
500
Ten syllables in a line -five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
Using comparisons in your writing. These should not be taken literally.
What are figures of speech?
500
A poem that mourns the passing of a person.
What is an elegy?
500
Has rhythm, usually iambic pentameter, but has no rhyme
What is blank verse?
500
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?