Poetry I
"She is cute as a button"
Simile
"Boom! Wham! Pow!"
Onomatopoeia
"I had a billion things to do for homework"
Hyperbole
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
"From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favour fire"
- Robert Frost
Rhyme
A word that sounds like what it means. EXAMPLE: Buzz! Click! Bang! Whoosh!
Onomatopoeia
What is the main message or idea of a poem called?
Theme
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!
Repetition
"My heart shattered into pieces"
Metaphor
What is the unit called in poetry that makes up a stanze?
Hint: Think how many ______ are there in a stanza
Line
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
Alliteration
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
Alliteration
What is the pattern of rhyme in a poem called?
Rhyme scheme
What is the internal feel or beat of a poem called?
Rhythm
What is the pattern of rhyme in a poem called?
Rhyme scheme
What is imagery that has to do with touch, taste, smell, sight or sound?
Sensory imagery
A figure of speech where the writer purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous.
Hyperbole
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"
-Emily Dickinson
Personification
What is the internal feel or beat of a poem called?
Rhythm
What is it called when a figure of speech has two opposite things next to one another?
Ex. "Jumbo shrimp" or "loving hate"
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the connecting words "like" or "as." EXAMPLE: Love is like a battlefield.
Simile
Giving human characteristics to animals or non-living things.
Personification
What do we call a rhyme scheme where alternating lines rhyme with each other?
Ex. "The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day." - Robert Frost
ABAB rhyme scheme
A phrase that expresses a figurative meaning different from the actual meaning of the words used. EXAMPLE: "Kick the bucket" is means "death."
Idiom
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
Stanza