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The purposeful re-use of words and phrases to create emphasis or convey a particular effect. (Ex: I will not brush my hair, I will not wear a dress, I will not clean my room.)
a.) Consonance
b.) Repetition
c.) Metaphor
b.) Repetition
This term means that the vowel sounds do not match, but the ending consonants are the same. (Ex: Under the log, in the bag, lies the sock, which belongs to the duck).
a.) Onomatopoeia
b.) Assonance
c.) Consonance
c.) Consonance
Refers to words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.
a.) Metaphor
b.) Rhythm
c.) Rhyme
c.) Rhyme
An understatement, used to lessen the effect of a statement that might sound harsh, offensive or hurtful. (Ex: "We have two lavatories that you can use on the plane" or "please throw any service items.)
a.) Euphemism
b.) Euphoria
c.) Hypberbole
a.) Euphemism
A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
a.) Stanza
b.) Poem
c.) Prose
b.) Poem
Creates a comparison by stating that one thing is another or does the actions of another. (Ex: Baby, you're a firework!)
a.) Metaphor
b.) Simile
c.) Personification
a.) Metaphor
Creates a comparison between two things by using the words 'like' or 'as'. (Ex: Her writing is as yummy as chocolate cake.)
a.) Personification
b.) Metaphor
c.) Simile
c.) Simile
Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or intended effect. (Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat my own arm, Zombie style).
a.) Oxymoron
b.) Hyperbole
c.) Idiom
b.) Hyperbole
What we call the voice that's within a poem
a.) Narrator
b.) Speaker
c.) Guru
b.) Speaker
A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other. (Ex: bittersweet)
a.) Oxymoron
b.) Repetition
c.) Hyperbole
a.) Oxymoron
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. (Ex: I was over the moon to go get pizza!)
a.) Personification
b.) Idiom
c.) Allusion
b.) Idiom
A brief reference to a person, historical event, biblical or mythological situation or character. (Ex: I feel like Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill.)
a.) Metaphor
b.) Allusion
c.) Alliteration
b.) Allusion
Words that imitate the natural sound of the thing they describe. (Ex: The clang of pots and pans woke me up.)
a.) Onomatopoeia
b.) Assonance
c.) Consonance
a.) Onomatopoeia
When words are arranged according to stressed and unstressed syllables so that they make a pattern or beat.
a.) Rhythm
b.) Rhyme
c.) Beat
a.) Rhythm
A poem that's explicitly in praise or in honor of something:
a.) Ode
b.) Homage
c.) Both A & B
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other or next to each other.
(Ex: Peter Piper picked a pair of pickled peppers.)
a.) Assonance
b.) Onomatopoeia
c.) Alliteration
c.) Alliteration
One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern.
a.) Verse
b.) Stanza
c.) Couplet
a.) Verse
A group of verses where the lines are arranged into a unit and often repeated in the same pattern throughout the poem.
a.) Verse
b.) Paragraph
c.) Stanza
c.) Stanza
Using our five senses in our writing (see, taste, touch, smell, hear).
a.) Metaphor
b.) Imagery
c.) Personification
b.) Imagery
A 14 line poem, typically on the topic of love that contains internal rhymes within their lines.
a.) Ballad
b.) Sonnet
c.) Limerick
b.) Sonnet
Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.
a.) Alliteration
b.) Onomatopoeia
c.) Assonance
c.) Assonance
When a simple or ordinary object, event, animal, or person represents deeper meaning or significance.
a.) Personification
b.) Allusion
c.) Symbolism
Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea. (Ex: The empty fridge's tummy groaned in the night.)
a.) Symbolism
b.) Personification
c.) Simile
When lines or verses have incomplete syntax and the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next without punctuation.
a.) Compound sentence
b.) Run-On
c.) Enjambment
c.) Enjambment
Poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or musical form.
a.) Blank verse
b.) Free verse
c.) Rhymed verse
b.) Free verse