Poetic Terms Flashcards
What is a simili
To compare to unlike things using like or as
Compares to unlike things stating one is the other
Metaphor
Hyperbole
To exaggerate something
Oxymoron
2 words or phrases together that are opposites or contradict each other
Words that sound like themselves
Onomatopoeia
Pathetic fallacy
Describes weather/light as feeling like characters
Women clature
Names for symbolic impact
The title of a peom,story or song is named after the character
Eponymous hero
Tribute to someone read aloud
Enlogy
What is obituary
A tribute to someone’s life often found in newspapers
What acrostic
A poem which the 1st letter in each line spells a word
What is genre
Type of text e.g horror comedy action
Elegy
Poem written in memory of someone who is dead
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound in words
Describes things that are not living with human characteristics
Personification
