Poetry Style
Sounds
Figures of Speech
General
General Cont
100
Tells a story
What is narrative
100
The repetition of a consonant sounds at any place in a series of words.
What is consonance
100
Two things are compared using the word "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
A line of poetry
What is verse
100
The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to evoke ideas, feelings, state of mind
What is imagery
200
Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
What is Haiku
200
Repetition or a pattern of (the same) vowels sounds
What is assonance
200
Two things are compared, using saying one thing is another
What is a metaphor
200
The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm
What is repetition
200
The pattern that is made by the rhyme within each stanza or verse (examples abba, cddc, etc.)
What is rhyme scheme
300
Expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet
What is lyric
300
Rhyme that appears at the end of two or more lines of poetry
What is end rhyme
300
Nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes
What is personification
300
A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. Some examples are: no small victory, not a bad idea, not unhappy
What is litote
300
A lyric poem that is 14 lines long (Shakespeare wrote these)
What is sonnet
400
A type of poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
What is an ellegy
400
The rhyming of words within one line of poetry
What is internal rhyme
400
Deliberate exageration used for emphasis
What is hyperbole
400
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem
What is stanza
400
A pair of lines that are the same length and (usually) rhyme and form a complete thought
What is couplet
500
A light, humerous poem of five lines
What is limerick
500
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
500
An expression that is like a saying. When it translates literally it doesn't make sense.
What is an idiom.
500
A word, phrase, or image that stands for an idea or theme
What is symbol
500
Writing that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, irony, and simile
What is figurative language
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