Poetry Terms

What is rhyme scheme?

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem.

• The repeating of a word or phrase within a poem.

• Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme.

• A person, place, thing, or event that represents something else.

What is a simile?

• A comparison without using like or as

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• A comparison that uses like or as

• A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else.

Identify what type of figurative language the following sentence displays.

Her eyes were diamonds in the moonlight.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

"Benzema is on cloud nine after winning the match" is a(n) _____

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Personification

• Literally

Identify the figurative language that is used in the following sentence.

The sky was dark and gloomy, and the air was damp and raw.

• Simile

• Consonance

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Identify the rhyme scheme.

One fish two fish red fish blue fish.

Black fish blue fish old fish new fish.

This one has a little star.

This one has a little car.

Say! What a lot

of fish there are.

• AAABBC

• AABBCD

• AABBCCD

• ABCDAB

The poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader.

• Tone

• Context

• Mood

• Imagery

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison without using like or as

• A comparison that uses like or as

• An exaggeration or overstatement

• A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something

What is a stanza?

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines

• Repeating of a word or phrase to create rhythm

• A comparision of two things using like or as

• A group of lines within a poem, a division on poetry

Poems do not have to rhyme.

• True

• False