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Figurative language
Sound devices
Poetry terms
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Examples
100
a comparison of two unlike things, but does NOT use like or as.
Metaphor
100
the pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language
Rhythm
100
A type of literature that is written in meter (rhythmic structure, stressed and unstressed syllables).
Poetry
100
the use of any language element more than once.
Repetition
100
“jumbo shrimp” is an example of______________
Oxymoron
200
a figure of speech where the truth is exaggerated.
Hyperbole
200
The repetition of similar middle or end consonant sounds, as in locket/ thick or confess/dismiss
Consonance
200
A stanza or poem of four lines.
Quatrain
200
descriptive language used to create images for the reader, created by details of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement.
Imagery
200
The computer answered, “beep, beep.” is an example of ________________
Onomatopoeia
300
A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or ideas are given human qualities.
Personification
300
The repetition or a pattern of similar middle vowel sounds
Assonance
300
A pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.
Couplet
300
a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme scheme
300
"the tulips danced in the wind" is an example of ___________
personification
400
a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
Simile
400
The repetition of the beginning sounds in closely associated words or syllables.
Alliteration
400
A single metrical line of poetry.
Verse
400
The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words. cat/hat, desire/fire, observe/deserve, longing/yearning etc.
Rhyme
400
"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of ______________
Alliteration
500
a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory ideas.
Oxymoron
500
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
Onomatopoeia
500
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem.
Stanza
500
Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
Free verse
500
"she kept her locket in her pocket" is an example of __________________
Consonance