Poetry Terms
One word to describe the story.
Motif
Simile
An object that holds a meaning that can support a theme
Symbolism
To take or have out. (Accept or Except)
Except
Verb
What is the language that appeals to the emotions? (hint: smell, taste, sight, etc)
Imagery
Metaphor
The main problem throughout a story
Conflict
Unfavorable, harmful (Adverse or Averse)
Adverse
Place, name, or thing
Noun
A question that's asked, but not answered by the writer.
Rhetorical question
Giving an object human like traits or characteristics
Personification
A warning or a hint of the future
Foreshadowing
The result. (affect or effect)
Effect
Strongly
Adverb
A contradiction, Where you can love and hate something.
Paradox
Where something is compared without like or as, but is not explicitly stated.
Implied metaphor
An expressions of ones meaning where its opposite
Irony
To inform or notify someone about something. (Appraise or Apprise)
Apprise
of, in, from, into, of
Prepositional words
The difference between Assonance and Consonance.
Assonance is a vowel, Consonance is a consonant
A reference to something that is not explained, where it is indirect and brief.
Allusion
Something that can be learned of a character without it being stated by the author
Indirect characterization
To draw a response, information, or a reaction from someone. (Illicit or Elicit)
Elicit
Some, others, all, few, couple
Plural