Poems
Poetic Terms 1
Poetic Terms 2
Poetic Terms 3
Parts of Speech
100

Who wrote I wantdered lonely as a cloud?

William Wordsworth

100

What is a group of lines in poetry; major division of a poem?

A stanza

100

What is the repetition of similar or identical sounds at the beginning of words called?

Alliteration

100

What is a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract?

A symbol

100

What is a short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence?

An Interjection

200

Who wrote the raven?

Edgar Allen Poe

200

What is the pattern of rhyme in a poem called?

A rhyme scheme

200

What is the repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity called?

Assonance

200

What is a description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) called?

Imagery 

200

What part of speech joins clauses or sentences or words together? 

A Conjunction

300

Who wrote the road not taken?

Robert Frost

300

What is the the basic rhythmic structure (rhythm) of a verse or lines in verse. 

Meter

300

What is the repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity called?

Consonance 

300

What is a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm?

Poetry 

300

What part of speech links a noun to another word?

Here it is in an example sentence:

We went to school on Monday.

A Preposition
400

Who wrote the second coming?

William Butler Yeats 

400

What is a comparison without using "like" or "as"?

A metaphor
400

What is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes?

Personification

400

What is poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme called?

Free Verse 

400

What part of speech specifies a noun to show what thing is being talked about?

A and The are examples.

An Article
500

Who wrote Jabberwockey?

Lewis Carroll

500

What is a comparison using "like" or "as"?

A Simile

500

What is extreme exaggeration called?

Hyperbole

500

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art in poetry called?

An Allusion

500

What 7 letter phrase helps us to remember our conjunctions?

Fanboys