Creative Writing Flashcards
•Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Simile
•Direct comparison without using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
•Giving human qualities to objects and animals
Personification
Extreme exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
•Occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to in a row) have the same first consonant sound.
Alliteration
•Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
Assonance
•Repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems. Typically at the end of words
Consonance
•The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
•is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the ends of lines of poems or songs
Rhyme
•The deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentences in order to achieve an artistic effect
Anaphora
•The repetition of words or phrases at the END of a sentence or line
Epistrophe