That's So Sonnets
Poetic Imagery
Technical Terms
Rhyme Time
Potpourri
100

This sonnet is the type you wrote for your creative exercise

What is a Shakespearean Sonnet? 

100

This quote is an example of this type of imagery: "A couple of kids tape pieces  of loose-leaf paper into cone hats, and one dude manages to wedge a brown paper lunch bag on his head like a chef's hat." 

What is vivid imagery? 

100

In rap a lyrical line is referred to as this

What is a bar? 

100

A rhyme scheme in which the final syllable rhymes both the consonant and the vowel sound

Example: Ball / Tall

What is a true rhyme or a perfect rhyme? 

100

The following is an example of this literary term: 

Time is like a thief in the night

What is a simile? 

200
Shakespearean sonnets have this many lines

What are 14 lines? 

200

This type of poem traditionally features imagery related to the seasons

What is the haiku? 

200

* DAILY DOUBLE* Words that start with the same literary sound are referred to as this

Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers 

What is alliteration? 

200

A rhyme scheme in which just the final consonant sound is rhymed uses this literary technique

Example: Bat / Cut

What is consonance? 

200

The 'narrator' of a poem 

What is the speaker? 

* Remember the speaker & the writer are not necessarily the same person! 

300

A syllabic pattern used in sonnets in which a foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called this

What is an iamb? 

* Remember, the opposite of this (stressed, unstressed) is called a trochee

300

This type of poem features an image created out of words that relate to the image

What is a concrete poem? 

300

A rhetorical shift or turn in thought, often marking a change in tone, mood, or subject matter within a poem

What is a volta?

300

A rhyme scheme in which only the final vowel sound rhymes uses this literary technique

Example: feet & sweep

What is assonance? 

300

The following is an example of this literary term: 

The wind whispered secrets through the trees 

What is personification?

400

* DAILY DOUBLE* Shakespearean sonnets follow this specific quatrain and couplet pattern 

What is three quatrains followed by a couplet? 

400
A poem in which parts of an original text are covered up in some way to convey a new meaning based on the words that remain visible

What is a blackout poem? 

400

A literary device where two or more ideas, images, settings, or characters are placed side-by-side to highlight their differences and create a specific effect, such as contrast, tension, or a deeper understanding of the subject matter

What is juxtaposition? 

400

The words "town" & "around" are examples of this type of rhyme 

What is a slant rhyme or imperfect rhyme? 
400

The following is an example of this literary term: 

Time is a thief 

What is a metaphor?

500

A syllabic pattern used in sonnets in which a foot consists of two stressed syllables is called this

What is a spondee? 

500

Vivid imagery attempts to engage one or multiple of these senses belonging to the reader

What are taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound? 

500

A natural pause or break in the rhythm of a line, often indicated by punctuation or a grammatical boundary

Example: "To be, or not to be — that is the question..." 

What is a caesura? 

500

This type of rhyme in poetry that does not appear specifically at the end of two lines

Example: The snowflakes are dancing, floating and falling 

What is an internal rhyme? 

500

Poems that are not required to follow particular syllabic patterns, rhyme schemes, or line counts are called this


What are free verse?