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Poet's Toolbox
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Figurative Language
Poet Choices
100
alliteration
What is the repeating of beginning sounds
100
creamy and crunchy tackling Tuesday terribly
What is alliteration
100
assonance
What is the repetition of vowel sounds
100
simile
What is comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
100
Deciding whether or when to use capitals there
What is the beginning of a line of poetry
200
end rhyme
What is the rhyming of words st the end of two or more lines of poetry
200
Whose woods these are I think I know His house is in the village though
What is end rhyme
200
use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning
What is onomatopoeia
200
metaphor
What is comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
200
Using these to show the reader how fast or slow to read the poem
What is punctuation
300
stanza
What is a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains
300
abab /cdcd /ee
What is rhyme scheme
300
repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or emphasize an idea
What is repetition
300
personification
What is giving an animal human-like characteristics or giving an object life-like characteristics
300
Make sure this adds to the poem and catches the reader's attention
What is the title of the poem
400
meter
What is the rhythm or pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
400
a sailor sings of ropes and things
What is consonance
400
free verse
What is poetry not written in any special form and often without rhythm or rhyme
400
hyperbole
What is using exaggeration for emphasis
400
Balancing "sound and sense" or "music and meaning"
What is making sure the poem sounds good and has a good message
500
rhyme scheme
What is the organized pattern of the end rhyme in a poem
500
Jack Sprat could eat no fat
What is internal rhyme
500
a word, phrase, or line that is repeated regularly throughout the poem
What is the refrain
500
understatement; the opposite of hyperbole
What is a litote
500
Deciding to write a poem about the subject you know the best--yourself
What is and "I" poem