Poetry Terms

The way words and lines are laid out on a page

• line

• stanza

• simile

• form

The main unit of a poem is a

• line

• stanza

• personification

• onomatopoeia

____________________ are like paragraphs in prose.

• forms

• lines

• stanzas

• metaphor

____________________ or traditional forms follow fixed rules for lines or rhythm and rhyme.

• Form

• Conventional

• Irregular

• Stanza

______________ or open forms have a rhythm like everyday speech.

• Forms

• Conventional

• Irregular

• Stanza

_______________________ is an open form, but does not have regular patterns of rhyme.

• Conventional form

• Irregular form

• Free verse

• Stanza

A ____________ compares two unlike things, using the word like or as.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

A _________________ is a comparison between two unlike things that does not contain the work like or as.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

_______________________________ is a description of an object, animal, place, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

_______________________ is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor