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Indicates an event that will happen in the future
What is Foreshadowing
100
Comparison between two unlike things
What is Metaphor
100
Poetry meant to be humorous
What is Comic Verse
100
A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a line of poetry
What is Rythym
100
Giving human characteristics to unhuman things
What is Personification
200
Comparing unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is Simile
200
The visual picture that is created in a poem
What is Imagery
200
Poems in which characters speak to eachother or to an unidentified listener
What is Dramatic Poem
200
The return of a word, phrase, or line in a poem
What is Refrain
200
The "voice" or narrator of the poem
What is Speaker
300
The religion of a consonant/vowel in a line of poetry
What is Alliteration
300
A poem that tells a story
What is Narrative poem
300
Japanese style of poetry with a set structure
What is Haiku
300
The use of a word whose sound imitates the word
What is Onomatopoeia
300
A poet's freedom of language to make up new words, run words together, or unusual word order
What is Poetic liscence
400
Reference to a well-known person, event, etc.
What is Allusion
400
A poem passes down by word of mouth
What is Folk Ballad
400
A poem that has a long history with no known author
What is Ballad
400
The pattern of rhyme that is created in a stanza
What is Rhyme scheme
400
The way something is said and often used
What is Figure of speech
500
Language that is not meant to be understood in a literal sense
What is Figurative language
500
A poem that expresses personal thoughts and emotions
What is Lyric Poem
500
A word, phrase, or line that is repeated regularly in a poem
What is Repetition
500
The reversal of the normal arrangement of a sentence which calls attention to the word or phrase
What is Inversion
500
The vantage point from which a poem is told
What is Point of view