Figuratively Speaking
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Sounds like...
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100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
incapable of producing any result
What is futile?
100
The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
What is meter?
100
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
100
comfort in a time of stress or sadness
What is solace?
200
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
200
to think deeply
What is ruminate?
200
A single line of poetry.
What is verse?
200
A word that sounds like what it means.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
lacking inspiration
What is pedestrian?
300
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is symbol?
300
the top of a trajectory; the highest point.
What is zenith?
300
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
What is a stanza?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
What is consonance?
300
having or showing no skill
What is inept?
400
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
What is theme?
400
lacking social grace
What is gauche?
400
The author's specific word choice.
What is diction?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.
What is assonance?
400
lacking taste or class
What is insipid?
500
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
500
tense bitterness in a relationship
What is acrimony?
500
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
What is enjambment?
500
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.
What is rhythm?
500
from the gut
What is visceral?
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