Poetry Unit Review Game

Repetition of same/similar consonant sounds in words that are close together (i.e. Peter Piper picked a

peck of pickled peppers)

• Inversion

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Direct or indirect reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or art (i.e. “Four score and seven years ago”)

• Allusion

• Theme

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different

consonant sounds in words that are close together (i.e. "And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the side,

Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride" -Poe)

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Meter

The mood or feeling in a work of literature.

• Mood

• Atmosphere

• Tone

• Speaker

All meanings/associations/emotions that a word

suggests (i.e. Expensive restaurant advertises its

delicious “cuisine” rather than its delicious “cooking." Cuisine = elegance/sophistication/high quality; "cooking" = decent/everyday food).

• Denotation

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Connotation

The literal meaning of the word (i.e. Cuisine and Cooking BOTH = Prepared Food)

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Symbol

• Refrain

Rhyming words that occur at the end of lines.

• Iambic Pentameter

• Free Verse

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration in order to express

strong emotion or for comic relief.

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopia

• Theme

Descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses (touch, smell, hear, see, taste).

• Sonnet

• Symbolism

• Visual Language

• Imagery

Rhyme that occurs within the lines (i.e. The warm sun is

failing, the bleak wind is wailing)

• Inversion

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Stanza