poaterty Flashcards
(12 cards)
repetition of the initial consonants of words.
Alliteration
a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.
Free Verse:
excessive exaggeration to make a point the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
Hyperbole
the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
Imagery
a comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
Metaphor
a word that makes the sound of the action it describes
Onomatopoeia
a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects]
Personification
the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme scheme
a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”
Simile:
the narrator of a poem
Speaker
a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern
Stanza
something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself
Symbol
