Figurative Language
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
Simile
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between section of the poem.
Stanza
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
Theme
Give an example of a simile
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Must have "like" or "as"
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things WITHOUT using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
Metaphor
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
Rhythm
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Symbol
The author used the word "murmured" instead of "said." What is this an example of?
Diction
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
A single line of poetry.
Verse
The attitude the poem's narrator (may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character.
Tone
Poetry that does not have rhyme or have a measurable meter
Free Verse
A word that sounds like what it means
Onomatopoeia
The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
Meter
The author's specific word choice.
Diction
The repetition of constant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text
Consonance
Define allusion
A brief reference to a real/fictional person, event, place, or work of art
Define enjambment
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
Define ballad
A story/narrative in poetic form.
Define assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.