Poetry Vocab Flashcards
(16 cards)
1
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Compares to things
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Metaphor
2
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Compares 2 things (like or as)
A
Simile
3
Q
When you give human qualities to an object or animal
A
Personification
4
Q
Outrageous exaggeration in a sentence
A
Hyperbole
5
Q
A word that has meaning in itself but used to represent something else entirely
A
Symbolism
6
Q
Repetition of sounds in a sentence
A
Alliteration
7
Q
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
A
Onomatopoeia
8
Q
Brief reference of a person, place, or thing
A
Allusion
9
Q
Emotional subject of a word
A
Connotation
10
Q
(Literal) meaning of a word
A
Denotation
11
Q
Poetry is written in lines
A
Lines
12
Q
Grouping of lines
A
Stanzas
13
Q
Repeated use of sounds
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Repetition
14
Q
Repetition use of a sound at end of lines
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Ryhme
15
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Collection
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Anthology
16
Q
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Assonance
