Using objects or images to represent deeper meanings or ideas

When a sentence or phrase continues from one line to the next without pause

When two or more words have the same or similar ending sounds

The emotional atmosphere or feeling a poem evokes in readers

A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme

Language using rhythm, emotion, and images

Giving human traits to non-human things or ideas

A short poem of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

A poem where the first letter of each line spells a word

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words

Descriptive language that appeals to senses and creates a mental picture

A poem of fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter

Group of lines from smaller unit within the poem

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Symbolism
Using direct comparisons with “like” or “as” in poems
Using objects or images to represent deeper meanings or ideas
Repeating initial consonant sounds in a line or phrase
Describing sounds that imitate real noises in nature
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Enjambment
A poem written in a humorous or playful style
When a sentence or phrase continues from one line to the next without pause
When a poem has no rhymes
The repetition of words at the beginning of lines
3
Rhyme
A list of poetic techniques used in older writing
When two or more words have the same or similar ending sounds
A poem that ignores all traditional poetic rules
A type of language that exaggerates for effect
4
Mood
The emotional atmosphere or feeling a poem evokes in readers
The way words rhyme and fit in a poem’s rhythm
The poet’s personal opinion about the poem’s topic
The feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates in readers
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Limerick
A serious poem with no rhyme or rhythm patterns
A type of poem written only for children
A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme
A poem that tells a story in many stanzas
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Poetry
Scientific explanation of how nature works
Events are written in order, always true
Writing that lists instructions for something
Language using rhythm, emotion, and images
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Personification
Comparing two things using “like” or “as”
Giving an object human characteristics or qualities
Giving human traits to non-human things or ideas
Using exaggeration to emphasize a point in poetry
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Haiku
A short poem of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
A long poem with many rhyming words
A poem that always tells a detailed, fictional story
A poem with no structure at all
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Rhythm
A poem with no fixed structure or beat
The use of vivid sensory language in writing
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
The pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines
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Acrostic
A poem where the first letter of each line spells a word
A narrative poem telling a story from beginning to end
A poem with a strict 5-7-5 syllable pattern
A poem that uses only rhyming couplets throughout
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Alliteration
A fiction-based poem
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words
When a word sounds similar
A type of rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
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Imagery
Descriptive language that appeals to senses and creates a mental picture
The repetition of the first sound in a group of words
The use of rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
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Sonnet
A poem with no rhyme scheme at all
A long narrative poem telling a heroic story in verse
A poem of fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter
A short, humorous poem often with a punchline at end
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Stanza
A word used for dramatic effect
A language that compares two things
Group of lines from smaller unit within the poem
A poem that tells a complete story with characters and a plot

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