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Poetry
7th Grade Poetry Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Language that is means exactly what is stated | Literal Language |
| Language that is used to state ideas in vivid and imaginative ways | Figurative Language |
| Using like or as to compare to dissimilar things | Simile |
| A comparison of two or more things that is stated like a fact | Metaphor |
| When you given non-human things, human-like qualities | Personification |
| An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words | Idiom |
| Language that appeals to the five senses | Imagery (Sensory) |
| An extreme exaggeration | Hyperbole |
| A brief and indirect reference to a real or fictional person, place, or event | Allusion |
| Using the same word, phrase, or line, two or more times in poetry or prose | Repetition |
| The repetition of beginning consonant sounds | Alliteration |
| When a words imitates the sound it represents | Onomatopoeia |
| When words end with the same sound | Rhyme |
| A repeated pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in poetry | Rhyme Scheme |
| The series of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | Rhythm |
| Words that rhyme in a single line of poetry | Internal Rhyme |
| The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry | Assonance |
| A traditional Japanese poem that is 3 lines and has a syllable pattern of 5-7-5 | Haiku |
| A conventional poem that is 5 lines line and has a word count of 1-2-3-4-1 | Cinquain |
| A traditional English poem that is funny, has 5 lines, follows a AABBA rhyme scheme, and has a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | Limerick |
| A conventional poem that is a comparison and contrast of two ideas and is in the shape of a diamond | Diamonte |
| Poems that do not follow conventional form and can make their own rules. For example, "the delight song of tsoai-talee." | Free Verse |
| Name the poetry term: "And his brain cries out for meat" | Personification |
| Name the poetry term: "He stalks with stealth and cunning." | Alliteration |
| Name the poetry term: "Oh he’s waiting . . . just waiting . . . to get you." | Repetition |
| Name the poetry term: "I am the cold of the dawn." | Metaphor |
| Name the poetry term: "Gobble! Gobble! Gulp! " | Onomatopoeia |
| Name the poetry term: "Then swallow you like scrambled eggs." | Simile |
| Name the poetry term: "Your heart is beating faster/ Beating louder than a drum" | Hyperbole |
| Name the poetry term: " I am the hunger of a young wolf." | Metaphor |
| Name the poetry term: "Tlot-tlot! Tlot-tlot!" | Onomatopoeia |
| Name the poetry term: "I thought the earth remembered me" | Personification |
| Name the poetry term: "And the highwayman came riding—riding—riding-- " | Repetition |
Created by:
mrhindes
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