Musical Devices
The repetition of the first sound of several vowels
What is alliteration?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
An unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter
What is a blank verse?
ABAB CDCD EFEF
What is a rhyme scheme?
An implicit, implied, or hidden comparison of two things
What is metaphor?
The use of words to imitate actual sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
What is personification?
A 14-line poem usually in iambic pentameter
What is sonnet?
A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in lines of a poem
What is meter?
The poet's attitude toward his subject or audience
What is tone?
The repetition of consonants within in sentence
What is consonance?
The uses of the five senses in a piece of literature
What is imagery?
A narrative song-like poem about love, romance, hardships, or tragedies
What is ballad?
A division of four of more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme
What is stanza?
flag=country
heart=love
What is symbol?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
What is assonance?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
A lyrical poem in praise of someone of something
What is ode?
Two lines of poetry that usually rhyme
What is couplet?
An idea moving from one line to another without a punctuation mark
What is enjambment?
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry
What is rhyme?
A comparison between two things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem
What is extended metaphor?
A 19-line poem with a fixed form (5 tercets - 3 lines/a quatrain - 4 lines/a couplet at the end of the quatrain?
What is villanelle?
A recurring image, idea, or sound that develops or explains a theme
What is motif?
A pause that occurs in the middle of a line of poetry
What is a caesura?