Poetry Terms

Name the technique "as cute as a kitten"

Name the technique "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward"

Name the technique, "The children danced across the sand like tiny crabs."

What is it called when a poet uses words and techniques to create pictures in the readers mind?

What is a rhyme?

With a 'whoosh' the plane took off

What is a Haiku?

What term defines a poem that does NOT use any rhyme or rythm?

Name the technique, "Twenty terrified turkeys traveled to Timbuktu."

Which is the correct spelling?

Name the technique, "The river swallowed the earth."

What technique is used here, "I'm so hungry, I could eat 20 pizzas!"

When you compare one thing with another without "like" you are writing a what?

Why does a poet use repetition?

Name the technique "busy like a bee"

What type of poem follows the pattern of 1 word, 2 words, 3 words, 4 words, 1 word?

Name the technique, "The run down house was depressed."

Name the technique, "The table groaned as she sat on it."

When a poem has the same or a similar sound at the end of each line what do we call this?

Name the technique, "Batman punched the Joker - BAM!"

Why do people used to use poems to tell stories?

Name the term used to give human qualities to animals or non-living things.

What does a poem always do?

Name the technique, "He drowned in a sea of grief."

What is alliteration?