Ela Flashcards
What is a meter
A rhymythical pattern of a poem
What is a rhyme scheme
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is a stanza
A division in a poem
what is imagery
The use of vivid language to paint mental pictures
what is a metaphor
Comparison not using like or as
what’s a simile
A comparison using liek or as
what is a hyperbole
An extravogant exaggeration
What’s an oxymoron
A figure of speech where opposite terms appear side by side
what a pun
A play on words
what is symbolism
Something that represents a bigger idea or theme
What is onomatopoeia
Words that sound like things they are describing
What is an alliteration
Letters that have the same starting letter like salty swan swam
What is a consaonce
When the last letters are the same like fast and lost)
What do an assonance
When vowels agree
What is a limerick
A rhymed humorous poem of dove lines with a set rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a
What is a free verse
Poetry not written in a regular rhythmic pattern
What is a lyric
A highly musical verse that expresses the observations of a single speaker
What’s a concrete
A poem where the shape contributes to its meaning
A poem written down the side of the paper eith each letter used to begin a word or phrase describing the vertical word
Acrostic
What’s a narrative
something that tells a story
What is a slam
a performance poetry that combines elements of performance writing competition and audience participation often with a rhythmic element
What’s a haiku
Three lined poem with the syllable scheme of 5-7-5 and is often written about nature
Ahat is a cinquian
Short unrythemed poem with a rhyme scheme of 2-4-6-8-2
Nonsense
Uses nonsensical words to convert its meaning
What’s a ballad
Tells us a story and starts as a song with focus on an action
