Literary Devices Of Hell Flashcards
What is internal rhyme
Two or more words in the same line
What is direct address?
When the narrator of the poem speaks directly to another
What is alliteration
A series of words that start with the same sound
What is a simile?
A sentence using the word like or as
What is symbolism
When an object stands for something else
What is Imagery
Language that creates a picture in your mind
What is plosive?
A short burst of sound made when you say a word containing the letters, b, d,g,k,p or t
What is rhythm?
A pattern of sounds
What is a monologue
One person speaking alone for a long time
What is form
A type of poem
What is juxtaposition
When a writer puts two ideas close to each other to encourage the reader to see the contrast between them
Cesura
A pause in a line of poetry
Free verse
Poetry that doesn’t rhyme
Half rhyme
Words that have a similar, but not identical end sound
What is an extended Metaphor
A continued metaphor throughout a poem
What is Assonance
When words share the same vowel sound but their consonants are different.
What is a Petrarchan sonnet?
A form of sonnet in which the first eight lines have a regular ABBA rhyme scheme and introduce a problem, while the final six lines have a different rhyme scheme and solve the problem.
What is a sonnet
A poem with 14 lines
What is anapoatopea
A word that sounds like the thing it’s describing
What is personification
Describing a none-living thing as if it has human qualities
