Elements of Poetry Review

What is a line break?

• When the poet runs out of room in a poem

• When the poet adds extra space between the stanzas

• When the poet adds extra space between the lines

• When the poet decides to end a line and start a new one regardless of where they are in the sentence

What is a rhyme scheme?

• When the poet tries to make two words rhyme

• The ordered pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line

• A poem that rhymes

• When more than one word in a line rhymes

Lyric

• Expresses the emotional response of the poet to events, people, and situations

• Portrays a story or life or character, usually involving conflict and emotions; usually also includes action and dialogue

• An extended narrative poem that includes heroic or romantic events or themes

• 14 lines; two types- Shakespearean or Petrarchan

"The clouds danced in the wind," is an example of...

• personification

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• metaphor

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," is an example of...

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

When the rhyming occurs inside the line it is known as...

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• diction

• imagery

the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity

• Lyric

• rhythm

• consonance

• alliteration

known also as half-rhyme or imperfect rhyme, refers to words that almost rhyme 

• alliteration

• slant rhyme

• rhyme

• stanza

Lines grouped together like a paragraph in a poem

• line

• rhyme

• stanza

• repetition

The repetition of vowel sounds in within non-rhyming words.

• Assonance

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration 

• Personification