Terms
The literal meaning of a word
What is denotation/definition?
The repetition of the sound of a vowel near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is assonance?
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration
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
A direct comparison between two things. It does not use the words like or as
What is metaphor?
Something that stands for something else
What is symbol?
A reference to something with which the reader is likely to be familiar
What is allusion?
The blustery autumn drums our door.
What is assonance
Their daily lives are bland,
and if they land -
they're canned.
What is AAA
The use of words that sound like the noises they describe
What is onomatopoeia?
The attitude the writer takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character
What is tone?
Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form
What is free verse?
It takes one to know one.
What is idiom
I'm K. C. O'Fleer,
famous train engineer,
at railroading I am supreme.
I'm on the express
known as Anyone's Guess,
What is AABCC
The use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence - more than once
What is repetition?
The attitude or feeling of the character or speaker who tells the poem
What is voice/speaker?
The obvious stretching of the truth
What is hyperbole?
The bees buzzed around the tree.
What is onomatopoeia
To come out and call you a knot-head
would not be a nice thing to do.
However, I can't help but notice
that woodpecker landing on you.
What is ABCB
The musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
A group of lines in a poem set off by a blank line
What is stanza?
A humorous, five-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme and meter
What is limerick?
There is a thing beneath the stair
With slimy face and oily hair
What is imagery
Hurry Grandma, look at me,
I'm right side up, I'm upside down,
I'm swinging from a tree.
What is ABA
A repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the end of lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?