Monday Vocab
Poetry
Figurative Language
List 1 Vocab
100
hard to see, hidden behind smoke or haze
What is obscure?
100
5-7-5 syllable poem
What is a haiku?
100
Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
100
set on fire
What is kindle?
200
a terrible noise, loud
What is cacophony?
200
Couplet, tercet, acrostic, cinquain...
What are forms of poetry?
200
Objects show human qualities
What is personification?
200
person who breaks statues
What is an iconoclast?
300
leave to a son or daughter; related to inherit
What is bequeath?
300
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
She sells sea shells down by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
300
unusual, specific words for specialized purposes
What is jargon?
400
something untrue, but thought to be true by many
What is fallacy?
400
a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter
What is a couplet?
400
Although money is uncountable, I can count my money.
What is irony?
400
destroy completely
What is obliterate?
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