ideas or expressions that have become trite and tired from overuse.
What are cliches?
100
the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words.
What is alliteration
100
makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, than, appears, or seems.
What is simile?
100
He was a tiger on the court.
What is metaphor?
100
The white hat caused Mitt to mistake it.
What is consonance?
200
a word, phrase, or figure of speech (esp. a simile or metaphor) that addresses the senses, suggesting mental pictures of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, or actions.
What is image/imagery?
200
the repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words
What is assonance?
200
the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
200
The sea sparkled like champagne.
What is simile?
200
The taught tape kept the trees together.
What is alliteration?
300
a central idea or meaning.
What is theme?
300
an identical consonant sound preceded by a different vowel sound (e.g., home, same; worth, breath; trophy, daffy)
What is consonance?
300
exaggeration or overstatement used for an effect.
What is hyperbole?
300
The dark skies and the heavy drenching rain soaked the young boy through and through.
What is imagery?
300
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse (not hyperbole).
What is cliche?
400
something that represents something else.
What is symbol?
400
words share the same stressed vowel sounds, as well as any sounds that follow the vowel.
What is rhyme?
400
a subtle comparison in which the terms being compared are not specifically explained
What is implied metaphor?
400
"Corner" is an example of what type of poem?
What is a narrative poem?
400
similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole are all examples of these.
What is figurative language?
500
the voice used by the author in the poem. Often a created identity rather than the author’s actual self.
What is the speaker?
500
the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes (e.g., quack, buzz, rattle, bang, squeak, bowwow, burp, choo-choo, etc.).
What is onomatopoeia?
500
a sustained comparison in which part or all of a poem consists of a series of related metaphors.
What is extended metaphor?
500
Loosing that five hundred dollars wasn't that big of a deal.
What is understatement?
500
The skies
filled with
beautiful
stars.
The line breaks are an example of this.