Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words
What is an idiom?
100
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
100
A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. Measured in units called feet.
What is meter?
100
14 lines. Three quatrains and a couplet.
What is a sonnet?
100
"Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.”
What is alliteration?
200
Compares two things directly without using the words like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. A “play on words.”
What is a pun?
200
Musical quality in language, produced by repetition.
What is rhythm?
200
A short poem about personal feelings and emotions. Uses language to suggest (rather than state directly) a single, strong emotion.
What is lyric poetry?
200
I have told you a billion times to study.
What is hyperbole?
300
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
300
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
300
Poetry written in unrhymed meter.
What is blank verse?
300
A long narrative poem detailing a hero’s deeds.
What is an epic?
300
These are the lips of the lake, on which no beard grows. It licks its chops from time to time.
(Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
What is personification?
400
A type of metaphor in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities.
What is personification?
400
A word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Poetry that is written without form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc.
What is free verse?
400
Narrative (tells a story) intended to be sung or recited.
What is ballad?
400
She said it would be a piece of cake.
What is idiom?
500
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
500
Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern.
What is repetition?
500
Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly. In most of these instances, either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are identical, or vice versa.