Terms 1
A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
What is Simile?
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References that trigger the mind to fuse together memories of? Sight, Sound, taste, smell, and touch?
A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison (see simile).
What is metaphor?
He was the truest Romeo to all the ladies.
What is allusion?
How old is Ms. Olson?
What is 22
Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.
What is allusion?
Couplet
Two successive rhyming lines?
The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity.
What is Alliteration?
Splash!
Crash!
Ribbit!
What is Onomatopoeia?
This musical production was directed by Ms. Olson in August of 2022.
What is Annie?
The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity.
what is Assonance?
Iambic Pentameter
Using stressed and unstressed meter it is one of the most commonly used forms of elevating speech to poetry?
A narrative poem composed of quatrains, rhyming x-a-x-a. These may use refrains. Typically, this literature conveys a tale or story.
What is ballad?
Betty Botter, Peter Piper, Sally Sea Shells
What is alliteration?
December 7th, 1941 was the date of this tragic event involving the United States.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in their literary work.
What is theme?
Diction
The level of formality a speaker uses, typically stronger consonants?
An overstatement.
This is an exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
I'm SO hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
The dates you are taking your MCAs.
What are April 8th & 9th?
Repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.
What is refrain?
Onomatopoeia
A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described. Example: buzz, slurp?
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.
What is personification?
Rebecca is a rose, filling the room with her sweet scent.
What is metaphor?
Mr. Aker's walk-up song.
What is Believer by Imagine Dragons