Poetry Term Quiz

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imaginary gardens with real toads in them

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poetry

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anything in the poem you can experience through your senses

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imagery

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create effective word pictures, poets often make special comparisons called figrures of speech

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figures of speech

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compares one thing to something unlike it using like or as

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simile

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makes a comparison without using like or as

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metaphor

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makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human qualities

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personification

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makes exaggerated comparisons for the effect

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hyperbole

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devices poets use to make their poems sound pleasing to the ear

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sounds of poetry

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the repeating of the beginning consonant sounds

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alliteration

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the repetition of vowel sounds

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assonance

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the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words

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consonance

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the rhyming of the owrds at teh ends of two or more lines of poetry

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end rhyme

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the rhyming of words in the middle of lines

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internal rhyme

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the use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings

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onomatopoeia

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the repeating of a word or a phrase to add rhythm, or to emphasize a certain idea

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repetition

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the way the poem flows from one idea to the next

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rhythm

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a poem that tells a story

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ballad

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five lines in lenth with a certain number of syllables or words in each

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cinquain

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two-line verse form that usually rhymes and expresses one thought

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couplet

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a poem in which states a poet's sadness about the death of an important person

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elegy

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a long story poem which describes the adventures of a hero

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epic

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poetry which does not include patterned ryhme or rhythm

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free verse

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type of Japanese poetry about nature

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haiku

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funny verse in five lines

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limerick

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song-like poem which uses sensory details yo express personal feelings

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lyric

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a long poem lyric that is deep in feeling and rich in poetic devices and imagery

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ode

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fourteen- line poem which states a poet's personal feelings

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sonnet

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a form of poetry which states a creative of humorous idea using part of the alphabet, often written as a list

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alphabet poetry

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a form of humorous or light verse created by Edmund Clerihew

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clerihew poetry

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petry in which the shape or design helps express the meaning or feeling of teh poem

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concrete poetry

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poetry that defines a word or an idea creatively

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definition poetry

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each line in this type of poem answers one of teh 5 W's

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five W's (headline poetry)

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a form of poetry which lists words or phrases

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list poetry

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formed using letters of a name or a word to begin each line of the poem

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name poetry (acrostic poem)

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states an idea with a list of phrases

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phrase poetry

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each line in this type of poem describes a subject using one of teh senses

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sensory poetry

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a form of humorous verse made up of two words that rhyme and have the same number of syllables

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terse verse

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form of poetry in which letters that spell the subject of poem are used to begin each line

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title- down poetry