Poetry Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Metaphor
A
Compares 2 things
2
Q
Simile
A
Compares 2 things (like,as)
3
Q
Personification
A
Gives human characteristics to non-living objects.
4
Q
Hyperbole
A
Outrageous exaggeration.
5
Q
Symbolism
A
Word which has meanings in itself but is used to represent something entirely different.
6
Q
Alliteration
A
Sound device
7
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
Also a sound device.
8
Q
Allusion
A
A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literally person, place, event, or movement.
9
Q
Connotation
A
Emotional, subjection, of a word.
10
Q
Denotation
A
(Literal) meaning of a word.
11
Q
Lines
A
Poetry is written in lines.
12
Q
Stanzas
A
Grouping of lines.
13
Q
Repetition
A
Repeated use of a sound.
14
Q
Rhyme
A
Petition of sounds at end of lines.
15
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Assonance
A
Repetition of vowel sounds.
