poetry Flashcards
wrihting (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
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
