Poetry Terms
This is a poetic device that compares two things by using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
A Japanese poetic form that consists of 3 lines, with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second, and 5 syllables in the third.
What is a haiku?
This type of poetry has an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
Identify the appositive in the following sentence:
My mom, Cindy, bakes amazing bread!
What is "Cindy"?
Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
I am tired, but I must do my homework.
What is compound?
This is a poetic device where the word sounds like what it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Usually humorous, these types of poems consist of 5 lines and follow an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
What is AABBA?
Identify the antecedent in the following sentence:
Max loves his brother's dog, Stewie.
What is "his brother's dog" ?
Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
I love to eat pears; they are my favorite snack.
What is compound?
This is a paragraph in poetry.
What is a stanza?
This type of poetry has no meter and no rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
This is a type of rhyme where the words have similar but not identical sounds.
What is slant rhyme?
Identify both the antecedent and the appositive in the following sentence:
The chief surgeon, an expert in organ-transplant procedures, took her nephew on a hospital tour.
What is "surgeon" and "an expert in organ-transplant procedures" ?
Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
Even though she didn't want to, Brooklyn shared the snack with her brother.
What is complex?
This poetic device is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
This type of poetry is a lengthy narrative, typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who often deal with gods or other superhuman forces.
What is an epic?
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
Mr. Brown, the circus clown
puts his clothes on upside down.
He wears his hat upon his toes
and socks and shoes upon his nose.
What is AABB?
Identify both the antecedent and appositive in the following sentence:
Ashley's older sister, Carmen, is a physical therapist.
What is "Ashley's older sister" and "Carmen" ?
Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
Although I was busy, I answered the phone and my sister told me the news.
What is compound-complex?
This is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line or stanza.
What is enjambment?
In this type of poetry, the meaning or effect is conveyed partly by visual means, using patterns of words, letters, or other typography.
What is concrete poetry?
This is the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
There are two appositives in the following sentence. Identify both appositives and both antecedents.
John Kennedy, the popular US president, was almost an entirely different person than John Kennedy, the young naval reservist.
What is "John Kennedy" "the popular US president" "John Kennedy" "the young naval reservist" ?
Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
Whenever I am bored, I pick up my guitar and I play my favorite song.
What is compound-complex?