Types of Poetry
What is an example of a narrative?
What is The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Beowulf
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
What is Stanza
What is a rhyme at the end of lines called?
What is a End Rhyme
What is a comparison made using like or as?
What is a simile
What is an extreme exaggeration?
What is a hyperbole
What type of poem tells a story and has plot and characters?
What is a Narrative
What is a line of poetry which ends with a pause, denoted by punctuation.
What is End Stopped
What is it called when two words sound the same?
What is Rhyme
What is the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea?
What is personification
What is the language the writer uses that provides a sensory experience?
What is imagery?
What type of poem was written to be performed on a stage?
What is a Dramatic Poem
What is marking the metrical scheme of a poem?
What is Scanning or Scansion
What is it called when two words sound similar but aren't exactly the same?
What is Slant Rhyme
What is a comparison made without using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
What is a reference to another persons work or ideas?
What is an Analogy
What type of poem expresses the thoughts or feelings of an author?
What is a Lyric Poem
Continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break.
What is Enjambment
What is Alliteration?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in initial or adjacent words.
What is the definition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or lines?
What is Anaphora
What is it when a incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side?
What is an oxymoron
What's a type of lyric poem?
What is a Sonnet, Haiku, or Limerick
A strong pause or stop within a line of poetry.
What is Caesura
What's the definition of Assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is it when you compare two things to show their relationship or shared qualities
What is an Analogy
What is a seemingly contradictory statement that contains some truth?
What is a paradox