Definition Flashcards
Simile
A phrase to describe something with like or as.
Metaphor
Giving an object to a human feature.
Caesura
A break or a pause in a line.
Enjambment
When the line caries on without any punuation.
Personification
Giving a non living thing human characteristics
Aliteration
Where two or more words that has the same sound.
Repition
Getting repeated a few times.
Onomatopoiea
What it sounds like in words.
Stanza
One paragraph in a poem.
Verb
A doing word.e.g,run,jump,throw
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
Hyperbole
An exageration e.g im so hungry i can eat a horse.
Assonance
Similar sounds especially vowels.e.g Rise high in the bright sky .
Superlative
Highest quality.e.g It was the happiest day of my life.
Juxtaposition
Two things being seen a place close together.contrasting effect. E.g
Night and day.
Good and evil.
Justice and revenge.
War and peace.