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A poem of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five lines that conveys a single impression
What is haiku?
100
The story represents something else -- a literal level plus a symbolic level
What is allegory?
100
Poetry presented like a play with a speaker, story, and conflict
What is dramatic poetry?
100
A poem that tells a story
What is narrative poem?
100
The patterns of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
200
A song-like poem that tells a story
What is ballad?
200
A poem that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts or feelings
What is lyric poem?
200
A poem where there is no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm
What is a free verse poem?
200
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personification?
300
A verse of a poem
What is stanza?
300
Saying something and meaning the exact opposite
What is sarcasm?
300
One of the most common poems that most of us listen to every day
What is a song?
300
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" but rather saying something is something else
What is a metaphor?
300
An object, person, place, or event that stands for something more than itself
What is symbol?
400
Pattern of eight lines in poetry
What is octave?
400
The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern
What is rhythm or meter?
400
An unexpected twist; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs
What is irony?
400
This famous author wrote "Still I Rise"
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
The purpose for writing poetry
What is to express?
500
Pattern of six lines in poetry
What is sestet?
500
The sentence within the poetry extended through one line and continues in the next line or lines
What is enjambment?
500
Patterns of four lines in poetry
What is quatrain?
500
Two consecutive rhyming lines
What is couplet?
500
A common meter of poetry made famous by Shakespeare
What is iambic pentameter?