Figurative Language
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in writing
What is a stanza?
words that end with the same sound
What is rhyme?
the main idea or message in a story or poem
What is theme?
a small part of a larger work
What is an excerpt?
a figure of speech where you say one thing is something else to show a likeness
What is a metaphor?
the place where a line of a poem ends
What is a line break?
when two words almost rhyme but not exactly
What is slant rhyme?
writing that talks to someone or something that isn't there
What is apostrophe?
words that mean more than what they say exactly; similes and metaphors are examples
What is figurative Language?
giving human qualities to something that isn’t human
What is personification?
the blank space between two stanzas when you skip a line between groups of lines in a poem
What is a stanza break?
the repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem
What is anaphora?
the feeling the writer shows through their words
What is tone?
when the same form is repeated in a series of lines or sentences
What is parallel structure?
an indirect reference to an outside story, book, movie, or famous person
What is an allusion?
the words or subject of a piece of writing
What is content?
the pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
a poem with nineteen lines where some lines repeat
What is a villanelle?
Challenge: the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of closely connected words or stressed syllables
What is alliteration?
a comparison that is hinted at but not said directly
What is an implied metaphor?
the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing
What is form?
a stanza made up of four lines
What is a quatrain?
a poem about writing poetry
What is ars poetica?
a complex poem, which has 39 unrhymed lines and relies on the intense repetition of end-words
What is the sestina?