analogies
poetic terms
Guess the term
poetic terms
poetic terms
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What is stanza
100
The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose primarily at the beginning of the words.
What is alliteration
100
He struck a streak of bad luck
What is consonance
100
A figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as".
What is simile
100
The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work.
What is tone
200
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What is line
200
A figure of speech in which objects or animals are given human characteristics.
What is personification
200
You can save money by spending it
What is paradox
200
Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
What is hyperbole
200
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry.
What is meter
300
:overstatements::onomatopoeia:sounds
What is Hyperbole
300
A group of lines in a poem
What is stanza
300
Boom Pow Bang.
What is onomatopoeia
300
Five rhymed lines of verse, with the third and fourth lines shorter than the others. Often surprise readers with a rhyme or pun in the last line
limerick
300
The pattern of rhymes within a given poem.
What is rhyme scheme
400
traditional: follows rules:: :irregular pattern
What is free verse
400
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
What is free verse
400
Men sell the wedding bells
assonance
400
A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
What is an epic
400
A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. MEANT TO BE SUNG ALOUD
What is ballad
500
book: read quietly:: : sung aloud
What is ballad
500
poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
500
summer/somewhere
What is slant rhyme
500
Words that are arranged in a shape that suggest the topic of the poem
What is a concrete poem
500
Unacknowledged famous reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.
What is allusion
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