Terms
Sound Devices
Rhyme
Terms II
Misc.
100
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is a Simile
100
The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
What is onomatopoeia
100
The repetition of words that end with the same vowel and consonant sounds
What is exact rhyme
100
A type of poetry that does not follow a regular pattern
What is free verse
100
A group of four lines in a poem
What is quatrain
200
A comparison of two unlike things without using words such as like, as, than, or resembles
What is a metaphor
200
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words
What is alliteration
200
The rhyming sounds of words at the ends of lines
What is end rhyme
200
Poetry with a musical quality that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
What is a lyric poem or lyric poetry
200
Two lines of poetry that have end rhyme
What is a couplet
300
When human qualities are given to nonhuman or inanimate things
What is personification
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
What is assonance
300
The rhyming of words within a line
What is internal rhyme
300
Poetry that tells a story
What is narrative poetry
300
A fourteen-line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm, and line structure
What is a sonnet
400
Descriptive language poets use to create word pictures
What is imagery
400
The repetition of consonants within nearby words in which the separating vowels differ
What is consonance
400
The repetition of words that end with similar sounds but do not rhyme perfectly, such as end and stand
What is slant rhyme
400
An overall feeling created by the setting, plot, words, and images
What is mood or atmosphere
400
The rhythmical pattern in a line of poetry. This results from the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter
500
Language that is not intended to be interpreted literally
What is figurative language
500
A pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables of words.
What is rhythm
500
A regular pattern of end rhymes in a poem or stanza. The use of assigning a letter of the alphabet to each rhyming sound
What is rhyme scheme
500
A statement, an idea, or a situation that seems contradictory but actually expresses a truth: Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
What is a paradox
500
A reference to another peice of literature, art, music or a person
What is an allusion
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