literary terms for poetry

Question 1

onomatopoeia

Answer 1

words that imitate their meaning with their sound

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 3

symbol

Answer 3

a person place object or action that stands for something outside itself

Question 4

tone

Answer 4

writers attitude toward his or her subject: angry sad humerus or any other attitude

Question 5

personification

Answer 5

the act of giving human qualities to something not human

Question 6

simile

Answer 6

comparison of two things that aren’t usually compared; uses direct words of comparison such as like or as

Question 7

metaphor

Answer 7

comparison of two things that aren’t usually compared: does not use direct words of comparison such as like or as

Question 8

allusion

Answer 8

reference to a famous person place event or other work of literature

Question 9

speaker

Answer 9

in the poem the voice that talks to to the reader often confused with the poet but no at all the same as the poet also known as narrator

Question 10

hyperbole

Answer 10

extreme exaggeration made for emphasis or humour