Poetry Terms

The cat on the mat sat with the bat is an example of

He texted me a million times is an example of

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called this

A nonsense type of poem with a rhyme and rhythm scheme

Crash, ZOINK, MOO, BOOM, and POP are examples of...

An exaggerated statement

The sound of the word is like the sound of the thing it is describing: pop, boom, crash...

Type of poetry that is meant to be performed

True or False: Poetry is always written in complete sentences.

Her eyes are as sparkly as diamonds.

True or False: All poems rhyme

The windchill slapped me in the face while I walked to school is an example of

One single part of a poem

What is the imagery found in this line: Does it sag like a heavy load?

Her eyes staring back at me were dark pieces of coal, I could see that she was truly sad is a

comparing two unlike things using like or as

Giving human-like characteristics to nonhuman things

Poetry is....

Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses

Poetry uses these instead of paragraphs:

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point

One theme of "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes is

Type of poem that follows no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm

His temper was a roaring lion is an example of...

The only poem that doesn't have a certain number of syllables in each line

Several lines grouped together in a poem

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

The theme of a work of literature is defined as