A. Literary Terms and their definitions #1
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
a word agreeing with another terminal sound?
What is rhyme?
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
the words of the poem are written to create the shape of the theme
What is a concrete poem?
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance?
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
a heart stands for love
What is symbolism?
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
a short, witty, humorous poem that has a rhyme pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
"he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there..."
What is alliteration? (consonance)
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
the representation of something for something else
What is symbolism?
a passing or casual reference; incidental mention of something
What is allusion?
this type of poem is named after the French word for five because it is a 5 line poem
What is a cinquain?
"The Highwayman" has been compared to Romeo and Juliet
What is allusion?
"I lie by the night tide on my side"
What is assonance?