Vocabulary 1
Repetition of VOWEL SOUNDs but not consonant sounds
What is assonance?
Name three synonyms for small
A word or object that stands for or represents something else.
Name an antonym for end.
What is start or beginning?
Define the idiom: "Don't let the cat out of the bag."
What is don't tell the secret?
Repetition of similar sounds, especially CONSONANT SOUNDS within words.
What is Consonance?
Name three synonyms for big.
What are: giant, humongous, gigantic
Ordinary language that people use when they write; writing that is not poetry.
Name an antonym for scream.
What is whisper?
Define the idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs."
What is, It is raining very hard?
A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
Name one synonym for repair?
What is fix?
A flow of rising or falling stressed sounds in a repeating pattern; has a beat.
What is rhythm?
Name an antonym for beneath.
What is above?
Define the idiom: "Hold your horses."
What is, wait patiently?
Poetry without rhythm or rhyme and does not follow a regular pattern.
What is free verse poetry?
Name one synonym for repetition.
What is to repeat?
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes IN READERS through words and description (the feeling created in the reader).
Name an antonym for best.
What is worst?
Define the idiom "She has a heart of gold."
What is, She is very kind?
Poetry conveyed through a graphic shape or pattern on a page (Shape Poetry).
What is concrete poetry?
A synonym/definition for imagery.
What is a word picture?
A literary element that creates a style or manner of EXPRESSION; the ATTITUDE of the author toward the subject.
What is tone?
Name an antonym of hate.
What is love?
Define the idiom: "You're in hot water."
What is, You're in big trouble?