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Types of Poems
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These poems are shaped to look like their subject
What are concrete poems
100
uses "like or as" to compare two apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
What is a simile
100
a regular pattern of rhyming end words in poems such as limericks
What is rhyme scheme
100
Her eyes are my sunlight
What is a metaphor
100
Poerty that rhymes has a pattern known as a ________ __________
What is rhyme scheme
200
Poetry that tells a story in verse
What is narrative poetry
200
an exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole
200
The use of any element of language---sounds, words, phrases or sentences used more than once in the line of a poem
What is repetition
200
Bang, Bang, Bang, "delivery for Mrs. Biba's class"
What is onomatopoeia
200
Writing that appeals to one of the five senses; touch , smell, sight, hearing, or taste
What is sensory language
300
Any verse composed of unrhymed lines all in the same meter or rhythm
What is blank verse
300
describes one thing as if it were another; they point out similarities between two unlike things
What is a metaphor
300
The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm or meter
300
A three line Japanese form of poetry consisting of 17 syllables
What is a haiku
300
The repetition of sounds at the ends of poetic lines, such as rule, stool, pool
What is rhyme
400
a humerous five line poem with a specific rhyming pattern of AA BB A
What is a limerick
400
This gives human qualities to something that is not human
What is personification
400
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words such as lovely, lonely, lowly
What is alliteration
400
Prince Peter picked through peppers, pumpkins, and pears looking for his prize
What is alliteration
400
To re-write or re-state a narrative, speech, poem, or essay in your own words
What is paraphrase
500
This type of poem lacks rhyme and has little if any pattern
What is free verse
500
The use of words that imitate sounds such as boom, buzz, hiss
What is onomatopoeia
500
Are often found on tombstones
What are epitaphs
500
Arms like a tree, but head like stone
What is a simile
500
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally, used to state vivid, imaginative manner
What is figurative language