Sound
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry
What is alliteration?
A word or phrase that describes things in in terms of another, not to be taken literally
what is a figure of speech?
A poetic device used to address absent or nonliving objects as if they were present or alive
what is apostrophe?
A unit of measure in a poem
what is a foot?
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
what is an allusion?
A mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem; a lament for the dead
what is an elegy?
The use of extravagant exaggeration
what is hyperbole?
A play on multiple meanings of a word; two words that sound alike but different meanings
what is a pun?
A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
what is meter?
The implied or suggested meanings of a word
what is connotation?
The use of a word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning
what is onomatopoeia?
Language that appeals to the senses
what is imagery?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison using “like,” “as,” “resembles,” or “than”
what is a simile?
The writer or speaker’s choice of words, depending on the audience
what is diction?
An extended metaphor that makes a complex comparison
what is conceit?
Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together in a poem
what is assonance?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without helping words
What is a metaphor?
The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character
What is tone?
The pattern of rhymes in a poem
what is rhyme scheme?
The running on of thought from one line to the next without a syntactical break
what is enjambment?
Repeated consonant sounds within the words of a line of poetry
what is consonance?
Special kind of metaphor in which a non-human thing is talked about as if it were human
what is personification?
a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part.
what is synecdoche
A pause within a line of poetry
what is a caesura?
a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated
what is metonymy?