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A. Literary Terms and their definitions #1
B. Literary Terms and their definitions #2
C. types of poetry
D. examples of literary terms #1
E. examples of literary terms #2
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
a word agreeing with another terminal sound?
What is rhyme?
100
a 3 line Japanese poem about nature
What is a Haiku?
100
moor and door... thigh and sky
What is rhyme?
100
crack! boom! tic-toc
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
What is personification?
200
the words of the poem are written to create the shape of the theme
What is a concrete poem?
200
"as smooth as a baby's bottom"
What is a simile?
200
"the moon was a ghostly galleon"
What is a metaphor?
300
repetition of a consonant sound
What is alliteration?
300
Poetry must always have a constant repetition or flow. True of False, you choose
What False?
300
a poem that is free from normal language rules
What is freeverse?
300
a heart stands for love
What is symbolism?
300
the cow jumped over the moon; the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification?
400
a great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
formation of a word by imitation of a sound made
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a poem is written with emphasis on certain words or phrases...
What is a diction?
400
"he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there..."
What is alliteration? (consonance)
400
"I've told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
500
the representation of something for something else
What is symbolism?
500
a passing or casual reference; incidental mention of something
What is allusion?
500
Peter Piper picked ...
What is an alliteration?
500
"The Highwayman" has been compared to Romeo and Juliet
What is allusion?
500
"I lie by the night tide On my side"
What is rhyming?