1st Definition
What is the definition of metonymy?
A word or phrase that replaces the name of an object or concept for another to which it is related
What is the definition of hyperbole?
An overly exaggerated statement or claim
What is the definition of rhythm?
The pattern of stressed of unstressed syllables in each line
What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
What is a ballad poem?
A plot-driven song with one or more characters and often constructed in quatrain stanzas
What is the definition of simile?
The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is the definition of irony?
When contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different than what appears to be true
What is the definition of meter?
A regular pattern of rhythm
What is the definition of repetition?
The technique of repeated the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem.
What is a sonnet poem?
A fourteen line poem written in a stanza, traditionally in iambic pentameter and it must have a formal rhyme scheme
What is the definition of metaphor?
The comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using the words "like" or "as"
What is the definition of rhyme?
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What's the definition of alliteration?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is a narrative poem?
A form of poetry that tells a story, often using elements of a narrative such as narrator, plot, setting and characters
What is a limerick poem?
A humorous or nonsensical poem composed in five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA
What is the definition of personification?
When an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings as if it were human
A ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem
What is the definition of consonance?
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase
What is a lyrical poem?
A non-narrative poem, often with song-like qualities, that expresses the speaker's person emotions and feelings
What is a free verse poem?
A poem that does not rhyme or contain a structured meter
A common expression whose fixed order has a particular meaning that can not be determined by it's literal meaning
What is the definition of a slant rhyme?
A rhyme formed with words with similar but not identical sounds.
(Also known as a near-rhyme)
What is the definition of assonance?
Repetition in vowel sounds in words that don't end in the same consonant
What is a haiku poem?
A Japanese poem, composed of three lines and seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count, and often focuses on images from nature
What is an acrostic poem?
A poem in which words are spelled out through the first letter of each line.