Poerty Terms Flashcards
Metaphor
A comparison of two things without using like or as
Simile
A comparison of two things using like or as
Imagery
Using sensory language to create pictures in the mind
Allusion
A reference to something that is so common that it doesn’t have to be directly stated
Hyperbole
Purposeful exaggeration to prove something
Personification
Giving non-human things life-like characteristics; taking an abstract concept and humanizing it
Rhythm
The pattern and number of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Rhyme
Similarities in the sounds of words in proximity
End Rhyme
The ending of a line corresponds with another word of the end of another line
Internal Rhyme
The sound of a word corresponds with the sound of another word in the same line
Tail Rhyme
The end of words rhyme
Slant Rhyme
Tail rhyme that is close in sound but does not actually rhyme
Consonance
Consonant sounds anywhere in a word corresponds with the consonant sound of another word - anywhere in the word
Assonance
Vowel sounds anywhere in a word corresponds with another vowel sound
Alliteration
Beginning sounds of the words rhyme
