Poetry and Grammar

1. A humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and the third and fourth lines rhyme.

• haiku

• epic

• limerick

A type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, or tells a story in a specific form

• poetry

• simile

• personification

The appearance of the words on the page is known as the

• form

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

A nonliving thing given human life-like qualities is known as

• personification

• imagery

• ode

Comparison of two unlike things where one word is used to designate or describe the other

• metaphor

• ballad

• line

A major form of Japanese verse written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, 5 syllable

• form

• epic

• haiku

Words that imitate the sound that they are naming

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

. A group of lines arranged together in poetry

• idiom

• stanza

• rhythm

A group of words together on one line of a poem

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

The literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression.

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole