Poetic Techniques

Question 0

Metaphor

Answer 0

Comparison between 2 thing without using like or as

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Comparison between 2 things using like or as

Question 2

Limerick

Answer 2

5 lined poem

Question 3

Rhyme

Answer 3

Words that sound the same

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

The beat or speed of the poem

Question 5

Sonnet

Answer 5

A poem of 14 lines

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

Extreme exaggeration

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

Alliteration with vowels

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound

Question 9

Haiku

Answer 9

3 lined poem, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables

Question 10

Personification

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Giving actions to non-living things

Question 11

Acrostic

Answer 11

Type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase

Question 12

Stanza

Answer 12

A verse in poetry

Question 13

Pun

Answer 13

Play on words

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Question 15

Tone

Answer 15

Attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Question 16

Theme

Answer 16

Eg. Friendship

Moral of the poem

Question 17

Imagery

Answer 17

Pictures created by the poet to make the subject matter come to life