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Poetry Trivia

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  • What is the term for how the poet feels about the topic?
    Tone
  • What type of poetry describes a colour?
    Colour Poem
  • What poetic device uses words that have the same ending sound?
    Rhyme
  • What poetic device gives human qualities to non-human things?
    Personification
  • What poetic device uses extreme exaggeration?
    Hyperbole
  • What poetic device uses the beat or pattern of sounds in poem?
    Rhythm
  • What is the term for where each line of text ends?
    Line Break
  • What type of poetry does not follow any rules?
    Free Verse
  • What is the term for a group of lines within a poem?
    Stanza
  • What poetry style uses repetition of the first consonant sound in words?
    Alliteration
  • What is the term for how the poem makes you feel?
    Mood
  • What is the term for the big idea or message of the poem?
    Theme
  • What poetic device uses words that help you see, hear, taste, smell, or feel something?
    Imagery
  • What poetic device compares tow things using "like" or "as"?
    Simile
  • What poetic device uses creative words that don't mean exactly what they say?
    Figurative Language
  • What poetic device uses the same word or phrase more than once for effect?
    Repetition
  • What poetry style has 2 lines with 5 syllables and 1 line that has 7 syllables?
    Haiku
  • What poetry style uses the first letter of each line to form a word?
    Acrostic
  • What poetry style has words that create a shape?
    Concrete/Shape