Using language to create a picture; language which appeals to the sense
What is imagery?
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration?
100
A long narrative poem that presents characters of high position in adventures and always includes a central heroic figure.
What is an Epic?
100
Verse which has no limits on the length of lines nor on number of syllables in the the lines; Has no rules
What is Free Verse?
200
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is Personification?
200
Comparing Two things using 'like' or 'as'
What is Simile?
200
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or piece of art.
What is an Allusion?
200
Verse that simply describes or tells the emotions of the poet
What is a Lyric?
200
Traditional Japanese poetry which is written with just three lines, often about nature. Number of syllables in each line is limited to five, seven, five.
What is Haiku?
300
Set of ideas associated with a word, in addition to its explicit meaning
What is connotation?
300
Repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds
What is Consonance?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants.
What is Assonance?
300
Lyric Verse written in praise of a particular subject or object
What is an Ode?
300
Verse that tells a story
What is a Narrative?
400
Dictionary Definition of a word
What is Denotation?
400
Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
400
A comparison that lasts for several lines in a poem or throughout the entire thing.
What is an Extended Metaphor?
400
Tells a story in song, Usually ends in tragedy, Subjects can be heroic, satirical, romantic or political
What is a Ballad?
400
Formal Verse which is a major part of the European Poetic Tradition; limited to 14 lines; has some type of rhyme scheme
What is a Sonnet?
500
Extreme Exaggeration
What is Hyperbole?
500
Repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share pattern or rhythm and rhyme.