Sounds Like 'Duck'
The usage of the similar sounding words.
What is rhyming?
A group of words arranged into a row.
What is a line?
The poet’s word choices (can be formal, informal, etc. )
What is diction?
A comparison of two or more things using the words “like” or “as.”
A figure of speech which is a deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis
What is hyperbole?
What is a slant rhyme?
Two or more lines of poetry that form one of the divisions of a poem.
The exact meaning of the word
(The dictionary definition)
What is denotation?
What is symbolism?
When a word, phrase, or image represents an idea or theme.
A nickname or descriptive term that’s added to someone’s name that becomes part of common usage.
What is an epithet?
This time of rhyme comes at the end of lines in poetry.
What is an end rhyme?
A poet’s choice of sentence complexity, including line length, punctuation, and sentence combining
What is syntax?
The meaning suggested beyond a
word’s exact definition
What is connotation?
A direct comparison between unlike things whose purpose is to show something in a different way.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech in which non-human or inanimate objects are given human qualities
What is personification?
The pattern of rhymes in a poem.
Ex.
A
B
A
B
What is rhyme sceme?
The arrangement of the poem.
It is the combined elements of poetic structure and what distinguishes poetry from prose
Meter, rhythm, rhyme scheme and structure are all elements of this.
What is form?
An expression that is clear to those who are familiar with the language of its origin; cannot be understood based on its literal meaning
What is an idiom?
A metaphor extended over several lines or throughout an entire poem
What is an extended metaphor?
The repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds in words
What is assonance?
The rhyme scheme of this poem.
I fell like winter flowers,
For what felt like hours,
And when I awoke,
I did nearly choke.
A
A
B
B
A rhythm established by a certain number of beats or syllables per line: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter?
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
An elaborate comparison, developed over several lines between something strange or unfamiliar to the audience with something more familiar to them
What is a Homeric, or epic simile?
Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or the end of words in phrase or line
What is consonance?