Poetry Terms

Base XP: 30

Poetry Literary Terms

1. Read through this list of terms. You should be familiar with these poetic terms in order to best respond to literature. If you need to look up definitions and/or examples Literary Devices.net is a good website.

alliteration

dissonance

lyric poem

personification

allusion

elegy

metaphor

rhyme

assonance

free verse

narrative poem

rhythm

ballad

hyperbole

ode

satire

blank verse

imagery

onomatopoeia

simile

consonance

irony

oxymoron

sonnet

2. Click on the picture to the left for a Glossary of Poetic Devices.

3. Try this Poetry Vocabulary Match. Check your answers with the accompanying answer key.

4. Then you can practice your knowledge with some online poetry quizzes.

5. Now go to the front of the course and write the QUIZ: Poetic Devices. You may use your notes on this quiz. IT COUNTS FOR XP EVEN IF YOU DON'T get 80%+ because you're going to...

6. Write a reflection. Let me know a) how you did on the quiz, b) how you feel about that, c) if you learned anything, d) what you'd do differently next time, etc. I love reflections! Bonus if you write a blog!

Submit all your information and reflections from this quest in OneNote and let me know when it's ready (also how many XP you earned and why).