Poetry Flashcards
(21 cards)
composition in verse characterized by the use of condensed language chosen for its
sound and imagery – words are arranged in lines that have rhythm & sometimes rhyme
Poetry
language expanded beyond literal meaning – uses comparisons to express fitting relationship between things essentially unlike – simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification
Figurative language
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words – creates word melody
Alliteration
reference to person, event, or thing with cultural, religious, or historical significance.
Allusion
repeated vowel sounds in words
Assonance
repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words
Consonance
exaggeration for meaning
Hyperbole
comparison between things without using like or as
Metaphor
words that imitate the sound of the associated action or object
Onomatopoeia
contradictory terms placed side by side
Oxymoron
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Personification
comparison between things using like or as
Simile
the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.
Imagery
repeating words or phrases for emphasis
Repetition
similar sounding words at the end or within a line of poetry
Rhyme
When rhyming words are placed at the end of the lines in the
prose or poetry
Rhyme scheme
rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at
the end of the same line or within another line
Internal rhyme
regular rise & fall of sounds in poetry (the “beat” or pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables) which suggest a poem’s action or mood
Rhythm (meter)
Any single line of poetry
Verse
A single , related chunk of lines in poetry
Stanza
underlying meaning of poem/story
Theme
