A. Literary Terms and their definitions #1
B. Literary Terms and their definitions #2
C. types of poetry
D. examples of literary terms #1
E. examples of literary terms #2
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
a word agreeing with another terminal sound?
What is rhyme?
100
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
100
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
100
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
200
the words of the poem are written to create the shape of the theme
What is a concrete poem?
200
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
200
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
300
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
300
repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance?
300
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
300

the meaning or message of a poem

What is theme?

300
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
400
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a short, witty, humorous poem that has a rhyme pattern of AABBA
What is a limerick?
400
"he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there..."
What is alliteration? (consonance)
400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500
the representation of something for something else
What is symbolism?
500
a passing or casual reference; incidental mention of something
What is allusion?
500
this type of poem is named after the French word for five because it is a 5 line poem
What is a cinquain?
500

the repetition of the first letters of words next to each other

What is alliteration?

500

"I lie by the night tide on my side"

What is internal rhyme?

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