poetry Flashcards
repetition of the initial consonants of words.
Alliteration
a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.
free verse
excessive exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
Imagery:
comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
Metaphor
a word that makes the sound of the action it describes
Onomatopoeia:
a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects
Personification
the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme scheme
a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”
Simile:
the narrator of a poem
speaker
a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern
Stanza:
something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself
symbols
