Poetry Terms Review!

words used to help a reader see an ordinary subject in a different way

• StoryJumper

• figurative language

• quatrain

poetry that disregards (doesn't follow) the rules of rhyme scheme and rhythm

• free verse

• alliteration

• metaphor

repetition of sound

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• rhythm

• simile

• alliteration

same end sound as another

tall/fall, fun/run

• rhyme

• free verse

• figurative language

Quatrains are typically what mood?

• joyful

• sad

What is a two-line poem that rhymes?

• quatrain

• alliteration

• couplet

What poem is four-lines long?

• couplet

• quatrain

• Haiku

Where did Haikus originate?

• China

• America

• Japan

How many lines does a Haiku have?

• three

• one

• two

• four

What is the topic of a Haiku?

• sports

• hobbies

• music

• nature