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This is an example of a ______________ poem./ The fog comes/ on little cat feet./ It sits looking/ over harbor and city/ on silent haunches/ and then moves on.
Free Verse
Boom! Thud! Pow! These words are examples of ___________ used in poetry
onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
onomatopoeia
Using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
Imagery
My shoes are killing me. This sentence is an example of a _______
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
He was a tornado, blasting through the opposing team.This is an example of a ____________
 
metaphor
 
simile
 
pun
 
idiom
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy. This is an example of a _____________
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
pun
 
idiom
What figurative language compares two things using like or as
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
idiom
 
hyperbole
"Tim, the terrifying tiger" is an example of _________
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (Silly Sally sat in the sapphire seat)
 
alliteration
 
personification
 
summary
 
pun
The tree whispered in the wind is an example of__________.
 
personification
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
pun
giving human characteristics to non-human things
 
personification
 
pun
a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs
rhyme
What is the name for the space left between stanzas to let the reader pause.
 
line break
 
stanza
 
breakout room
 
meter
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
quatrains
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
 
quatrain
 
rhythm
 
couplet
 
triplet
premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound
 
meter
 
rhyme
 
rhyme scheme
 
prose
Rhythm
 
the musical quality produced by the repetition syllables
 
when the words on the end of the lines sound the same
 
when stanzas have 4 lines
 
sentences and paragraphs
Free Verse
 
Poems with no recognizable patterns or rules
 
Poems that have an ABAB rhyme scheme
The way a poem is laid out on the page, how it "looks"
 
Form
 
Stanza
 
Line