Figurative Language
This is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The repetition of the same beginning sounds in a series of words.
What is alliteration?
The attitude of the author toward the subject or audience.
What is tone?
The arrangement of words and lines in a poem.
What is structure?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
This device describes something by saying it is something else.
What is a metaphor?
Words that imitate the sound they represent.
What is onomatopoeia?
The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader.
What is mood?
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
The arrangement of beats or accents in a poem.
What is rhythm?
A contradictory combination of words, such as "jumbo shrimp."
What is an oxymoron?
The author’s specific choice of words.
What is diction?
A device where one thing represents a broader idea.
What is symbolism?
Giving human traits to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
A section of a poem, often separated by a blank line.
What is a stanza?
This can be created by diction, setting, and imagery to affect the audience's emotions.
What is mood?
The perspective or voice of the poem, often not the same as the poet.
What is the speaker?
The musical quality of language, created by rhythm and sound patterns.
What is rhythm?
An extreme exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The smallest unit of a poem, typically a single sentence or phrase.
What is a line?
The overall message or lesson of a text.
What is theme?
The basic rhythmic unit of a line, such as iambic pentameter.
What is meter?
Words carefully chosen to suggest or evoke a specific tone or mood.
What is diction?