The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line of poetry or a sentence.
What is alliteration
100
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration
100
I'm Miss Misinformation,
it's my gratifying task
to tell you all you need to know,
you only need to ask.
What is ABCB
100
A direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the words like or as.
What is metaphor
200
Something that stands for something else.
What is symbol
200
A refrence to something with which the reader is likely to be familiar.
What is allusion
200
The blustery autumn drums our door
What is assonance
200
Their daily livea are bland,
and if they land--
they're canned.
What is AAA
200
The use of words that sound like the noises they describe.
What is onomatopoeia
300
The attitude the writer takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
What is tone
300
Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.
What is free verse
300
Please swallow your pride.
What is idiom
300
I'm K. C. O'Fleer,
famous train engineer,
at railroading I am supreme.
I'm on the express
known as Anyone's Guess,
and we've got a full head of steam.
What is AABCCB
300
The use of any element of language- a sound, word, phrase, or sentence -- more than once.
What is repetition
400
The attitude or feeling of the character or speaker who tells the poem.
What is voice or speaker
400
The obvious stretching of the truth.
What is hyperbole
400
The bees buzzed around the tree
What is onomatopoeia
400
To come out and callyou a knothead
would not be a nice thing to do.
However, I can't help but notice
that woodpecker landing on you.
What is ABCB
400
The musical quality created by a patern of beats or a series of accented and unaccented syllables.
What is rhythm
500
A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines.
What is stanza
500
A humorous, five-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme and meter.
What is limerick
500
There is a thing beneath the stair
With slimy face and oily hair....
What is imagery
500
Hurry Grandma hurry,
Grandma look at me,
I'm right side up, I'm upside down,
I'm swinging from a tree.
I'm jumping like a squirrel,
I think that I can fly--
Grandma please don't worry,
Grandma please don't cry.
What is ABCBDEAD
500
A repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at hte ends of lines in a poem.