Poetry Terms Flashcards
Apostrophe
The direct address of the absent or dead as if they were present, or the inanimate as if it were animate
Alliteration
When the beginnings of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables
Assonance
A repetition of vowel sounds
Extended metaphor
A figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length. It may introduce a series of metaphors representing different aspects of a situation.
Figurative language
Expressions that are not literally true
Figure of speech
A literary device used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting and creative comparison
Imagery
Used to describe the words or phrases, which bring forth a certain picture or image in the mind of the reader
Metaphor
A figure if speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Meter
The more or less regular pattern of accented and in accented syllables in poetry
Onomatopoeia
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
Personification
A literary device in which the author elevates an animal, object, or idea to the level of human such that it takes on the characteristics of a human personality
Repetition
A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis
Rhyme
Religion of sounds at the end of words
Sensory details
Words and phrases that help readers see, hear, taste, feel, or smell what the author is describing
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word if comparison is used
