Sound Devices
What is alliteration?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts
What is personification?
A 14 line poem, often written in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet?
The central idea or underlying message in a poem
What is the Theme?
What is assonance?
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
What is Rhyme Scheme?
When the opposite of what is expected occurs or is meant
What is irony?
Words that imitate natural sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
Grouping of lines
What is a stanza?
What is Anaphora?
The continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line or stanza without a pause.
What is Enjambment?
What is symbolism?
A three line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure
What is a haiku?
A reference to another text, event, or figure often from history, mythology or literature
What is Allusion?
A pause or break within a line of poetry, often used for emphasis
What is Caesura?
An exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
What is a hyperbole?
What is a Villanelle?
What is elegy?