Literary Devices
What is onomatopoeia?
Words where the sound suggests the meaning
What is a line?
the basic unit of a poem
What is a haiku?
a seventeen-syllable poem written in three lines
choice of selection of words
language that appeals to the senses of sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell
What is hyperbole?
the use of exaggeration as a device or figure of speech
What is a stanza?
a grouping of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a short story
What is a concrete poem?
sometimes also called 'shape poetry'—is poetry whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem
What is the mood?
the feeling that a piece of writing produces in the reader
What is a metaphor?
when two, unlike things, are compared without the use of like or as
What is a repetition?
the repeating of a word, line, or stanza in poetry
What is blank verse?
a poem that has a regular rhythm but does not rhyme
What is irony?
the use of words to create a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
What is a simile?
when words use like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things
What is internal rhyme?
matching sounds that occur within a single line
What is a narrative poem?
a form of poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters
What is theme?
the underlying meaning of the poem
What is figurative meaning?
The meaning of writing when it is meant to be understood at a deeper level
What is a couplet?
a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.
What is a sonnet?
a 14 line poem that usually follows a set rhyme scheme and metrical pattern
What is compare and contrast?
finding similarities and differences whether in a piece of writing or between different pieces of writing