Poetry Terms 1
Repetition of consonants or a consonant pattern within a poem, especially at the end of words.
Consonance
Repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry.
Assonance
When a rhyming word is found inside a line of poetry
internal rhyme
Simile
A paragraph for a poem.
Stanza
An expression that means something other than the literal meaning
idiom
Giving something that is not human the characteristics or abilities of a human
Personification
Comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A reference to a piece of literature, history or art within a text
Allusion
Hyperbole
A word that sounds like what it names
Onomatopeia
sonnet
A short phrase that contradicts itself
Oxymoron
Rhyming stanzas made up of two lines
Couplet
The pattern of rhyme between lines of poem.
Rhyme Scheme
Addressing someone or something that is not present, as though it is actually present.
Apostrophe
When a rhyme comes at the end of lines in a poem this is calles...
End Rhyme
A statement that seems to contradict itself, but it in fact includes truth
paradox
Giving emotion to an object or nature.
Pathetic Fallacy
The humorous use of a word or phrase to emphasize its meaning in the sentence.
Pun
I bought a big bag of bell peppers
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Alliteration
The shirt my dad wore was pretty ugly.
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Oxymoron
The flowers were begging for water
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personification
The crowd was dying of laughter at the comedy show.
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Hyperbole
"The violent thunderstorm raged all through the night"
This is an example of...Pathetic Fallacy