Figurative Language
A comparison made between two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
A self-contradictory statement used in poems to highlight a concept/truth.
What is a Paradox?
A group of lines forming the basic unit of a poem/the paragraphs of a poem.
What is a Stanza?
Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a Simile?
A grouping of two lines in a poem.
What is a Couplet?
The central, deeper meaning or universal idea explored throughout a work.
What is Theme?
Poems written about the romanticizing of rural life.
What is a Pastoral Poem?
The termination of one line of poetry and the beginning of a new line.
What is a Line Break?
Gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is Personification?
A grouping of four lines in a poem.
What is a Quatrain?
The attitude or overall feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing evokes in the reader.
What is Mood/Tone?
An extended metaphor used throughout a poem.
What is a Conceit?
The pattern of syllables or words in a line of verse which creates a musical quality in the poem.
What is Rhythm?
A literary device where characters, objects, actions, or ideas are associated with a deeper meaning beyond the literal sense.
What is Symbolism?
A grouping of eight lines in a poem.
What is an Octave?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
What is Alliteration?
A pause marked by punctuation in a metric line.
What is a Caesura?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of poems (Hint: Sonnets use Iambic Pentameter, which is a specific example of this)
What is Meter?
When a word sounds like the noise it represents.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A grouping of six lines in a poem.
What is a Sestet?
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
What is Assonance?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or clauses.
What is Anaphora?
When phrases in a sentence have similar or the same grammatical structure.
What is Parallel Structure?
A figure of speech involving exaggeration to emphasize a point.
What is Hyperbole?
A set of words that ends for a specific reason, which may include rhythm, meaning, syllable count, pacing, or rhyme.
What is a Line?