Poetry Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
An naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
2
Q
Alliteration
A
the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
3
Q
Metaphor
A
a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another
4
Q
Simile
A
a type of figurative language that describes something by comparing it to something else with the words like or as
5
Q
Personification
A
the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
