Structure
Techniques
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Types of Rhymes
100
A line of poetry ending at a grammatical boundary or break—such as a dash or closing parenthesis—or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period.
What is end-stopped.
100
A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.
What is personification.
100
A comparison made with “as,” “like,” or “than.”
What is a simile.
100
O my Luve is like a red, red rose / That's newly sprung in June
What is a simile
100
the most common type, is the rhyming of the final syllables of a line.
What is end rhyme
200
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation.
What is enjambment.
200
A comparison that is made directly without pointing out a similarity by using words such as “like,” “as,” or “than.”
What is a metaphor.
200
An expressive, nonliteral use of language. They include tropes (such as hyperbole, irony, metaphor, and simile) and schemes (anything involving the ordering and organizing of words—anaphora, antithesis, and chiasmus, for example)--TWO WORDS
What is figure of speech.
200
"I believe the sun should never set upon an argument I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands I believe junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you"
What is anaphora
200
rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced. For example, “through” and “rough.”
What is eye rhyme
300
Non-metrical, non-rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.
What is free-verse
300
The repetition of first consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line.
What is alliteration
300
An object or an action that represents something else.
What is a symbol.
300
“We saw the sea sound sing, we heard the salt sheet tell"
What is alliteration
300
applies to the rhyming of one or more unstressed syllables, such as “dicing” and “enticing.”
What is feminine rhyme
400
A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem, almost like a "paragraph"
What is a stanza.
400
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
What is anaphora
400
Usually the pattern of end rhymes in a stanza, with each rhyme encoded by a letter of the alphabet (ABBA BCCB, for example)--TWO WORDS
What is rhyme scheme
400
da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM My first best friend is Aw ful Ann My fifth best friend is Ted the Toad My sixth best friend is Grum py Gail
What is meter
400
the rhyming of the ending consonant sounds in a word (such as “tell” with “toll,” or “sopped” with “leapt”). This is also termed “off-rhyme,” “slant rhyme.”
What is half rhyme
500
The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
What is meter
500
A central or recurring image or action in a literary work that is shared by other works and may serve an overall theme.
What is motif
500
The idea or thing that the poem concerns or represents
What is the subject of the poem
500
“choo-choo,” “hiss,” or “buzz”
What is onomatopoeia
500
uses the same word twice in rhyming positions.
What is identical rhyme
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