figurative language examples
the book weighed a ton
what is hyperbole
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
what is alliteration
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
what is imagery
what is line
when words sound alike
what is rhyme
the cat was a pillow
what is metaphor
is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
what is figurative language
the general character or attitude of a piece of writing
what is tone
is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person
what is lyrical
what is rhyme scheme
the heat grasped us in its hand
what is personification
the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
what is assonence
the authors feelings on a book
what is mood
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well
what is narrative
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
what is stanza
the fog is as thick a malasis
what is simile
the recurrence of similar sounds
what is consonance
someone who writes a poem
what is poet
structural analysis to split a complex structure into simple elements
what is structural elements
pow, bang, zoom
what is onomatopoeia
Refrain is a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections
what is refrain