Figurative Language
What is a simile?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the start of words
What is alliteration?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
A question asked for effect, without expecting an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
A direct comparison that says one thing is another
What is a metaphor?
Words that imitate sounds, like "buzz" or "bang"
What is onomatopoeia?
Poetry that does not follow a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
What is free verse?
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
What is repetition?
A contrast between expectation and reality
What is irony?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words
What is assonance?
A pair of rhyming lines, often of equal length.
What is a rhyming couplet?
Where an object or event is used to represent an idea or emotion.
What is symbolism?
A contradiction that reveals a deeper truth
What is a paradox?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the end of words
What is consonance?
The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line of poetry
What is enjambment?
The main idea of message of a poem
What is theme?
The use of opposites or contrast in a poem
What is juxtaposition?
A reference to another literary work, event, or figure
What is allusion?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
A break in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation
What is a caesura?
A repeated idea, image, or symbol in a text.
What is a motif?
A phrase that combines contradictory terms, like "deafening silence"
What is an oxymoron?