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Literary terms
Figurative language
Sound devices
Poetry structure
Poetry Definitions
100
The tone or emotional association that a word has is this
What is Connotation
100
The sound produced in a persons larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song
What is voice
100
The literal or primary meaning of a word
What is Denotation
100
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.
What is Personification
100
A small starlike symbol used in writing and printing as a reference mark
What is Asterisk
200
Visually descriptive or figurative language
What is Imagery?
200
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
What is allusion
200
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole
200
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is Onomatopoeia
200
You use this to number the lines of a poem
What is line number
300
The overall quality of a musical or vocal sound
What is Tone
300
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a persons thoughts, or an exhibition.
What is Theme
300
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another using like or as.
What is Simile
300
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
What is Stanza
300
To repeat in the next sentence or paragraph of a poem.
What is Refrain
400
The choice and use of words phrases in speech and writing
What is diction
400
A temporary state of mind or power
What is mood
400
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
What is Metaphor
400
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
What is Free verse
400
Two words that sound the same, but are not
What is Regular rhyme
500
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
What is Syntax
500
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbol
500
A figure of speech that constructs and analogy between two things or ideas.
What is Extended Metaphor
500
In poems a new line
What is Line break
500
The repetition of the sound of a vowel
What is Assonance