Sounds and Images
Using a word multiple times for effect
What is Repetition?
Unstressed followed by Stressed syllable, eg "destroy"
What is an Iamb?
This Japanese Poetic form has lines of 5, 7, 5
What is a Haiku?
This is a way of comparing two things, using the words "like" and "as"
What is a Simile?
The repetition of a letter at the beginning of multiple words.
What is Alliteration?
A line containing 5 feet
This Irish and English poem is often humorous and has a rhyme scheme of AABBA
What is a Limerick?
A word or phrase that has become overused and outdated
A word that sounds like the thing its describing
What is Onomatopoeia?
A line containing 3 feet
What is Trimeter
This form often used by Shakespeare has a 14 line structure and strict rhyme schemes.
What is a Sonnet?
An object that stands for an idea
What is a symbol?
Repeating a sound at the end of words
Stressed followed by Unstressed Syllable, eg "deadline"
What is a Trochee
This form used in a lot of folklore made of quatrains has short lines of alternating lengths and rhymes, often sung.
What is a Ballad?
This form of Irony allows the audience to know something the character does not
What is dramatic irony?
This strategy involves fusing multiple senses
What is Synesthesia?
A line made of 6 feet, each with one stressed followed by 2 unstressed syllables
What is Dactylic Hexameter?
This form has the lines create a picture or form that relates to the subject.
What is Concrete Poetry?
A reference to another work.
What is an Allusion?