versea singleline ofpoetryimagerylanguagethat appealsto one of thefive sensesfreeversepoetry thatdoes notrhyme or havea measurablemeterenjambmenta line endingwithout pause orany punctuationand continuingonto the next lilnedictionthe author'sspecific wordchoiceblankverseunrhymedverse iniabmicpentametereyerhymeworts that seem torhyme becausethey are spelledsimilarly butpronounceddifferentlyapostrophetheaddressing ofa person orthing that cannot respondmeterthe measuredarrangment ofbeats in a poem,includingemphasis &number ofsyllables per linespeakera voiceof apoemrhymeschemethe pattern ofrhymes at theend of linesof a poem orversepersonificationa figure ofspeech givinghuman qualitiesto things orideasslantrhymea near rhyme inwhich theconcludingconsonantssounds are thesame, but thevowels are notallusiona brief referenceto a real orfictional person,event, place orwork of arthyperbolea figure ofspeech thatexaggeratesfor effectthemethe centralmeaning ordominantmessage thepoet delivers tothe readertonethe attitude thepoem's speakertakes towards acubject orpersonjuxtapositionplacing imagesor ideas side byside to createeffect ormeaningmetaphora figure of speechthat implies acomparisonbetween unlikethings by labelingcaesuraa short butdefinite pauseused for effectwithin a line ofpoetrycouplettwosuccessiverhymingversesrhythmthe repetitionof the finalsounds of aset of wordsalliterationrepetition of thesame letter orsound at thebeginning ofclosely connectedwordsrhymethe recurrenceof stressed andunstressedsounds inpoetrystanzaa unified group oflines in poetry,often marked byspacing betweensections of poemsimilea figure of speechthat makes a directcomparisonbetween two thingsusing connectingwords such as likeor asonomatopoeiaa word thatsoundslike what itmeanssymbolan object oraction thatstands for morethan its literalmeaningversea singleline ofpoetryimagerylanguagethat appealsto one of thefive sensesfreeversepoetry thatdoes notrhyme or havea measurablemeterenjambmenta line endingwithout pause orany punctuationand continuingonto the next lilnedictionthe author'sspecific wordchoiceblankverseunrhymedverse iniabmicpentametereyerhymeworts that seem torhyme becausethey are spelledsimilarly butpronounceddifferentlyapostrophetheaddressing ofa person orthing that cannot respondmeterthe measuredarrangment ofbeats in a poem,includingemphasis &number ofsyllables per linespeakera voiceof apoemrhymeschemethe pattern ofrhymes at theend of linesof a poem orversepersonificationa figure ofspeech givinghuman qualitiesto things orideasslantrhymea near rhyme inwhich theconcludingconsonantssounds are thesame, but thevowels are notallusiona brief referenceto a real orfictional person,event, place orwork of arthyperbolea figure ofspeech thatexaggeratesfor effectthemethe centralmeaning ordominantmessage thepoet delivers tothe readertonethe attitude thepoem's speakertakes towards acubject orpersonjuxtapositionplacing imagesor ideas side byside to createeffect ormeaningmetaphora figure of speechthat implies acomparisonbetween unlikethings by labelingcaesuraa short butdefinite pauseused for effectwithin a line ofpoetrycouplettwosuccessiverhymingversesrhythmthe repetitionof the finalsounds of aset of wordsalliterationrepetition of thesame letter orsound at thebeginning ofclosely connectedwordsrhymethe recurrenceof stressed andunstressedsounds inpoetrystanzaa unified group oflines in poetry,often marked byspacing betweensections of poemsimilea figure of speechthat makes a directcomparisonbetween two thingsusing connectingwords such as likeor asonomatopoeiaa word thatsoundslike what itmeanssymbolan object oraction thatstands for morethan its literalmeaning

Poetic Terms - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. B-a single line of poetry
    B-verse
  2. B-language that appeals to one of the five senses
    B-imagery
  3. O-poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter
    O-free verse
  4. G-a line ending without pause or any punctuation and continuing onto the next lilne
    G-enjambment
  5. N-the author's specific word choice
    N-diction
  6. O-unrhymed verse in iabmic pentameter
    O-blank verse
  7. G-worts that seem to rhyme because they are spelled similarly but pronounced differently
    G-eye rhyme
  8. N-the addressing of a person or thing that can not respond
    N-apostrophe
  9. N-the measured arrangment of beats in a poem, including emphasis & number of syllables per line
    N-meter
  10. B-a voice of a poem
    B-speaker
  11. I-the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of a poem or verse
    I-rhyme scheme
  12. O-a figure of speech giving human qualities to things or ideas
    O-personification
  13. N-a near rhyme in which the concluding consonants sounds are the same, but the vowels are not
    N-slant rhyme
  14. I-a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place or work of art
    I-allusion
  15. I-a figure of speech that exaggerates for effect
    I-hyperbole
  16. G-the central meaning or dominant message the poet delivers to the reader
    G-theme
  17. O-the attitude the poem's speaker takes towards a cubject or person
    O-tone
  18. I-placing images or ideas side by side to create effect or meaning
    I-juxtaposition
  19. I-a figure of speech that implies a comparison between unlike things by labeling
    I-metaphor
  20. B-a short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry
    B-caesura
  21. G-two successive rhyming verses
    G-couplet
  22. G-the repetition of the final sounds of a set of words
    G-rhythm
  23. B-repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
    B-alliteration
  24. B-the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
    B-rhyme
  25. I-a unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of poem
    I-stanza
  26. O-a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things using connecting words such as like or as
    O-simile
  27. G-a word that sounds like what it means
    G-onomatopoeia
  28. N-an object or action that stands for more than its literal meaning
    N-symbol