Potpourri
overused word or phrase that has lost its meaning
What is a cliche?
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What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
descriptions of vivid pictures
Who is an visual imagery?
repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
a writer's choice of words
What is diction?
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or to animals
What is personification?
a small poem about a single event
What is a lyric poem?
vivid sounds
Who is auditory imagery?
repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
McKay's home country
What is Jamaica?
reference to a specific person, place, event
What is allusion?
vivid smells
What is olfactory imagery?
repetition of consonant sounds
What is consonance?
What is a symbol?
the colorful dialect of Jamaica
What is Patois?
repetition at the beginning of a line of poetry
What is anaphorism?
vivid sense of touch
What is tactile imagery?
rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
What is internal rhyme?
a phrase of opposite or contradictory terms such as "sweet sorrow"
What is an oxymoron?
repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line of poetry
What is anaphora?
description of mood or atmosphere through diction
What is tone?
contains imagery of garish city streets and cabarets
What is "On Broadway"?
a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole?