Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is an ode?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of sight.
What is visual imagery?
A "paragraph" in poetry.
What is a stanza?
A direct comparison of two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
The repetition of letters at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
A longer poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of sound.
ABAB CDCD EFEF is an example of this term.
What is a rhyme scheme?
An over exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
What is consonance?
A type of narrative poem about love, often with a repeating chorus.
What is a ballad?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of touch.
What is tactile imagery?
When a sentence continues over multiple lines.
What is enjambment?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
What is assonance?
A poem with no specific rhyme or rhythm.
What is a free verse?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of taste.
What is gustatory imagery?
The author's feelings or attitude towards the subject.
What is tone?
A self contradictory word, or group of words.
What is an oxymoron?
A harsh mixture of sounds.
What is a cacophony?
A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?
Imagery that appeals to the sense of smell.
What is olfactory imagery?
A four line stanza.
What is a quatrain?