repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines
What is alliteration
100
this is the one device most commonly associated with poetry by the general public. words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound the same.
What is rhyme
100
informal language
What is colloquial language
100
I felt alone, so very, very alone
What is repetition
100
busy as a bee
What is alliteration
200
words that sound like their meaning
What is onomatopeia
200
an outrageous exaggeration used for effect
What is hyperbole
200
a direct comparison between two things, stating that one is the other.
What is metaphor
200
the sun licked the earth with her warmth.
What is personification
200
he was dark, sinister and cruel; she was radiant, pleasant and kind
What is contrast
300
closely arranged things with strikingly different characteristics
What is contrast
300
a division of a poem created by arranging the lines into a unit.
What is a stanza
300
attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal or abstract idea.
What is personification
300
a baby with a machine gun
What is juxtapostion
300
cinnamon! that's what wafted into his nostrils
What is sensory imagery (olfactory- smell)
400
repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.
What is assonance
400
a figure of speech in a form of a question that is asked in order to make a point and without the expectation of a reply.
What is rhetorical question
400
recurring symbol, subject, theme or idea.
What is motif
400
they're some creeps who I wouldn't meet if you paid me a heap of cash
what is assonance
400
a small cross by the dangerous curve on the road reminded all of his death
What is symbolism
500
the continuation of a sentence from one line of verse into the next line.
What is enjambment
500
the deliberate placement of two things near each other