Poetry Formative

Front

What is imagery in poetry?

Back

Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, helping the reader to visualize scenes, sounds, and feelings.

Front

What is rhyme?

Back

Rhyme is when words have ending sounds that are the same, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A stanza is a group of lines in a poem that are separated by a blank line space.

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of words, like in 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is rhythm in poetry?

Back

Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Front

What is assonance?

Back

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, creating a musical effect.

Front

What is a couplet?

Back

A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

Front

What is a poem?

Back

A poem is a piece of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a specific form, often using rhythm and rhyme.