Poetry Terms

Use the following questions and click on the answer which best completes the statement.

OnomatopoeiaAccording to what you know, which of the

following best defines the term listed above?

Choose the best answer.A. Snap, Crackle, PopB. Snip, Chair, PencilC. Red, White , BlueD. See, Spot, Run

OnomatopoeiaCorrect:

A. Snap, Crackle, Pop best defines examples of Onomatopoeia. Words that visually imitate the sound they make.

WRONG:B. Although the word, “snip,” is an example of Onomatopoeia the other words in the series do

not imitate the sound they appear as to make.

Wrong:C: Red, White, and Blue are simple adjectives

and do not make sound. They are visual words which in poetry could be used to describe imagery, but NOT Onomatopoeia.

WRONGD. These words are NOT examples of Onomatopoeia.

They were used in old-fashioned textbooks to teach small children how to read.

EXAMPLE of a poem using Onomatopoeia Crack an EggCrack an egg.

Stir the butter.Break the yolk.Make it flutter.Stoke the heat.Hear it sizzle.

Shake the salt,just a drizzle.Flip it over,

just like that.Press it down.Squeeze it flat.Pop the toast.

Spread jam thin.Say the word.Breakfast's in .

by Denise Rodgers

AlliterationAccording to what you know, which of the

following best defines the term listed above?

Choose the best answer!A. She walks in beauty like the nightB. She sells seashells by the seashoreC. She’s a ladyD. She is like a moonlight sky

WRONGA. Although poetic in nature it this phrase is

NOT an example of alliteration. Byron might be your choice to understand

this phrase.

YES! B. Best shows an example of alliteration- the repetition of the initial consonant sound. Tongue twisters are usually good examples of this term.

C. Is Wrong, Try Again. The picture is a hint.

D. Nope, Sorry.

HaikuAccording to what you know, which of the following best defines or demonstrates the term listed above?

A. I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory even stopper death —Professor Snape in Harry Potter by JK Rowling

B. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both- Robert FrostC. Roses are redD. Four Score and Seven Years Ago.

A. CorrectA Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature, but in modern times has come to address many topics.

B. No Way! Try Again. Although these lines deal with nature, they do not follow the format of a Haiku poem.

C. Just a classic line…This is not correct. This is usually the beginning of a rhyme poem learned in elementary school. It has been around for decades.

D. Abe Lincoln would be proud if you know the real, “Address,” of this line. It is not a Haiku.

HyperboleAccording to what you know, which of the following best defines or demonstrates the term listed above?

A: True B: False

Andrew Marvell’s lines here in To His Coy Mistress:

An hundred years should go to praiseThine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;Two hundred to adore each breast;But thirty thousand to the rest …

A. YES this is true. A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis is known as hyperbole.

B. Really? Who do you know besides Washington Irving’s fictional character-Rip Van Winkle who has lived 100 years to praise the beauty of a woman?

LyricAccording to what you know, which of the following best defines the term listed above?

A. A scientific term used to describe massB. A poem such as a sonnet or an odeC. An angle of an obtuse triangleD. An appendage found on the wing of a bird

A.

Nope. Give it another shot.

Emily Dickinson

I heard a fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my form

Was like the stillness in the airBetween the heaves of storm.

B. Yes, A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. A lyric poem may resemble a song in form or style.

C. Sorry. Wrong Answer.

D. Copy and paste this link into the address bar to review and try again.

http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/31-lyric-poetry.htm

RhymeAccording to what you know, which of the following best defines the term listed above?

A. The ability for words in a poem to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.B. The freedom of the poet to misuse spelling and grammar within a poem

C. The seemingly natural word pattern of similar sounds within a poem

D. Two lines with the same scheme

A. Not quite. This is the definition of the term IMAGERY.

B. Not right. This is the definition to the term known as poetic license.

C. Yes, you are correct!When words have similar sounds and spelling in poetry, such as, might, night, and kite… Rhyming has occurred.

D. Boing, boing, bong. Wrong. This is a brief definition of the poetic term known as a couplet.