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Types of Poetry
Poets
Parts of Story
Context Clues
Literary Devices
100
Three lines of poetry that is based on the number of syllables used
What is Haiku
100
Wrote more than 90 sonnets and is famous for works like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet"
Who is William Shakespear
100
The time and place of the story
What is setting
100
A word that means the same as another word
What is synonym
100
Bang! POW! BAAAAM!
What is Onomatopoeia
200
Five line poem that is often funny
What is Limerick
200
Famous for his epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer
200
The "story line" around which the story is based. The items that make up the story.
What is Plot
200
Word that means the opposite of the word
What is Antonym
200
An extreme exaggeration. "This book bag weighs a ton!"
What is Hyperbole
300
A long and serious poem that tells a story about a hero.
What is Epic
300
Wrote many Ode poems such as "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Who is John Keats
300
The point of the story that is usually the most exciting and has the most action.
What is Climax
300
Expressing the same idea in different words
What is Restatement
300
Repetition of the first sound in adjacent words. "My mom made me mash my M&M's."
What is Alliteration
400
Contains the thoughts and feeling of the author. Does not tell a story and contains sonnets and odes
What is Lyric poetry
400
Father of the Haiku
Who is Basho Matsuo
400
Introduction to characters, setting and plot.
What is Exposition
400
Tell how things are alike and different
What is Compare and Contrast
400
Comparison using like or as.
What is Simile
500
A lyrical poem with 14 lines arranged in quatrains and couplets.
What is Sonnet
500
Father of the Limerick. Wrote "the Book of Nonsense"
Who is Edward Lear
500
Happens in the characters mind like guilt or a difficult choice.
What is Internal Conflict
500
The reason something happens and the result of it happening
What is Cause and Effect
500
Comparison not using like or as.
What is metaphor