Characteristics of a Poem
Figurative Language Part 1
Figurative Language
Part 2
100
Rhyme, rhythm, and repetition
What are the three R's of poetry?
100
language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
What is figurative language?
100
a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems
What is consonance?
200
A series of lines grouped together in a poem
What is a stanza?
200
a comparison made between things which are essentially not alike.
What is a metaphor?
200
is a direct comparison and often uses the words like or as
What is a simile?
300
3 lines in a poem
What is a tercet?
300
Exaggerating, often in a humorous way, to make a point
What is a hyperbole?
300
a phrase that is often repeated and has become kind of meaningless
What is a cliche?
400
7 lines grouped together in a poem
What is a septet?
400
When something that is not human is given human-like qualities
What is personification?
400
When the name of an action imitates the sound associated with it
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Narrative poetry
What is a poem that resembles a story?
500
When you repeat a vowel sound in a phrase
What is assonance?
500
occurs when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence
What is alliteration?
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