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What are the three subgenres of poetry?

• Lyric

• Epic

• Dramatic

• Narrative

What is a haiku?

• A form of Japanese poetry with three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

• A long narrative poem about gods or heroes

• A short, humorous poem composed of five lines

• A song-like narrative poem that tells a story

What is a limerick?

• A group of lines in a poem

• A narrative poem that tells a story

• A short, humorous poem composed of five lines

• A form of Japanese poetry with three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

What is a ballad?

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A single row of words in a poem

• A song-like narrative poem that always tells a story

• A technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for emphasis

What is free verse?

• Poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm

• A pair of rhyming lines, usually with the same number of syllables

• A 4 line stanza that rhymes and usually has the same rhythm

• A long narrative poem about gods or heroes

What is a couplet?

• Two lines that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm

• A narrative poem that tells a story

• A group of lines in a poem

• A form of Japanese poetry with three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

What is imagery?

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

• A comparison without using like or as

• The use of words to create images in the mind of the reader using the 5 senses

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison without using like or as

• A figure of speech that applies human characteristics to nonhuman objects

• A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally

What is a metaphor?

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for emphasis

• A comparison without using like or as

What is personification?

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A figure of speech that applies human characteristics to nonhuman objects