Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary & Misc
Poems
100
Using words that imitate the sound they mean
What is Onomatopoeia
100
The unifying idea or message
What is theme
100
The writing of speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things
What is figurative language
100
A figure of speech that uses strong exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
100
Which sense does wind appeal to
What is Touch
200
A rhyme between words in the same line
What is Internal Rhyme
200
The dictionary definition or meaning of a a word
What is Denotation
200
the person talking in the poem
What is the speaker
200
Place two very unlike things next to each other to create a contrast
What is juxtaposition
200
What poem talks about a church bombing
What is The Ballad of Birmingham
300
A stanza consisting of two successive lines of poetry
What is a couplet
300
A comparison made without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
300
a reference to another work of literature, person or event
What is allusion
300
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
400
A word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing
What is Colloquialism
400
word choice
What is diction
400
something visible that represents something invisible
What is a symbol
400
A poem usually about nature with a 5-7-5 rhyme scheme
What is a haiku
400
a poem that speaks of personal or emotional feelings, traditionally in the present tense, and with a song-like quality.
What is lyric poetry
500
An expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off
What is a Cliche
500
attribution of human qualities to something not human
What is personification
500
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words.
What is assonance
500
battling obstacles for education for their children was discussed in what poem?
What is Women
500
What is the last stage of one's life accrording to the poem "Seven Ages of Man?"
What is childishness
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