The Basics
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
A metaphor
When you give a human characteristic to something that is NOT human
What is personification?
A group of lines in a poem i.e. the "paragraph" of poetry
A stanza
Two successive rhyming lines.
What is a couplet?
a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
What is a line?
The birds sings, the phone rings, and the bell dings.
when what is said is incongruous (different) from the speaker's intent.
What is verbal irony?
Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize. A reference.
What is an allusion?
Figurative language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
Santa Claus was as quiet as a mouse as he climbed down the chimney on Christmas Eve.
What is an example of a simile?
Nick's noble naming nomination is next new years.
What is an example of alliteration?
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A often humorous poem with five lines that has the rhyme scheme of AABBA
What is a Limerick?
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
What is an idiom?
A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
What is poetry?
I read the book everyday. The book was my only escape. The book was my friend. Yes, I read the book everyday.
What is repetition?
when the expectation is subverted in circumstance (through actions)
What is Situational Irony?
The "universal message" that the author is trying to get across to the reader.
What is the theme?
a literary device that conveys the author's attitude toward the subject, speaker, or audience of a poem
What is a tone?
The total number of syllables in a haiku.
What is 17?
Rhythm and Poetry's other alias.
What is Rap?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity.
What is Assonance?
the atmosphere created by the poet to evoke certain feelings in their audience
Who is mood?