Poetic Terms
The voice that is talking to us in a poem called?
What is the Speaker
My alarm yelled at me this morning.
What is personification
comparison of one thing to another using the connecting words like, as, than, similar to, resembles or sees.
What is simile
the pattern of end rhymes in a poem
What is Rhyme Scheme
the use of images, often figurative ones, that appeal to one of the 5 senses.
What is imagery
a group of consecutive lines of poetry that form a single unit
What is Stanza
The salty-sweet caramel melted on her tongue
What is imagery
"Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.” – Robert Frost
What is metaphor
a comparison between two seemingly unlike things
without the use of a comparing word
What is a metaphor
the expressions of the author’s attitude toward the subject matter.
What is tone
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration
Go slow over the road
What is assonance
Run like the wind
What is a simile
What is reference to well-known characters or events from literature, history, or another field of knowledge.
What is allusion
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
the repetition of vowel sounds
She's as old as the hills
what is hyperbole
Chocolate is his Kryptonite
a repeated line, phrase, or group of lines often
repeated at regular intervals throughout a poem (usually found at the end of the stanza)
What is refrain
use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes.
What is onomatopoeia
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Don't act like a Scrooge.
What is an allusion
successive phrases or lines begin with the same words which emphasizes the phrase while adding rhythm to the passage
What is anaphora
giving human characteristics to an animal, object or abstract concept.
What is personification