Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
Name that term!!!
Form
100
a comparison between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
A comparison between two unlike things without a connecting word.
What is a metaphor?
100
Nonhuman thing or quality that is talked about as if it were human.
What is personification?
100
"the clouds are mean"
What is personification
100
No regular line length or number of lines in a stanza.
What is free verse
200
An exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
200
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Person, place, thing, or event that stands both by itself and for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
200
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
What is metaphor
200
Most songs are this kind of poem.
What is a lyric poem?
300
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
300
Contrast between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
300
Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is assonance?
300
the distinguishable flakes blowing sideways, looked like krill
What is simile
300
Shakespeare made these famous
What is the sonnet?
400
Language that appeals to our five senses and creates images in our minds.
What is sensory imagery?
400
The particular way in which a writer uses language
What is style?
400
The serious and extensive use of symbols in literature.
What is symbolism?
400
I watched a master bluebird build Versailles.
What is hyperbole?
400
Seven-five-seven
What is a haiku?
500
Brief story that teaches a lesson about life.
What is a parable?
500
Narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities.
What is an allegory?
500
Element of uncertainty in a text, in which something can be interpreted in a number of different ways.
What is ambiguity?
500
Undersea creatures
What is assonance?
500
The total number of lines in an English sonnet
What is 14?
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