This is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
100
An example of this is Juliet is LIKE the sun.
What is simile?
100
And example of this is: I'm going to be watching the "Walking Dead" tonight.
What is oxymoron?
100
This gives rhythm to poetry.
What is meter?
100
The maple leaf is THIS for Canada.
What is a symbol?
200
This is the definition of consonance.
What is the repetition of consonants, particularly at the end of words?
200
It is saying one this IS another.
What is a metaphor?
200
Addressing clouds is an example of this, "Oh, clouds! What's that you say? Why do you come, darken the sky and bring such gloomy days?"
What is apostrophe?
200
This is the paragraph of a poem. It occurs when there is a line break.
What is a stanza.
200
"You're easy on the eyes, Hard on the heart" is employing this device.
What is antithesis?
300
This is an example of it:
“POetry is Old, ancient, gOEs back far. It is among the Oldest of living things. SO Old it is that nO man knOWs how and why the first pOEms came.”
What is assonance?
300
This describes the object to which it refers not directly, but through the negation of the opposite. An example is I'm NOT BAD, or they are NOT the brightest crayon in the box.
What is litotes?
300
The opposite outcome than what is expected.
What is irony?
300
Poets use this to continue their thoughts onto another line. That is why we read for punctuation. It can also add a dramatic effect to the poem.
What is enjambment?
300
An example of this is, "he's a real Romeo with the ladies!" Specifically referring to "Romeo" form Shakespeare's drama.
What is an allusion.
400
If you heard this, you may say "it hurts my ears!"
What is cacophony?
400
Having "no fear in impending doom and death" could be an example of this.
What is meiosis?
400
I'd use this term to say: "put to sleep" instead of "euthanize."
What is euphemism?
400
Dr. Seuss used this to make his poetry memorable and pleasant to the ears. I'll never forget the cat in the hat.
What is rhyme?
400
When one word or phrase stands in for another word. An example: The RESTAURANT has been acting quite rude lately.
What is metonymy?
500
You often hear this at a symphony, or listening to water run. It is pleasant to hear.
What is euphony?
500
Riddles are often this.
What is Paradox.
500
A tree reaching towards the sky, is an example of this.
What is personification?
500
Poets use this to make meter. "He o'er leaped th' sky."
What is elision?
500
And example of this is, I just got my license and my parents bought me WHEELS!