Poetry Flashcards
What means the pattern of end rhyme in a poem
Rhyme scheme
What means a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought. This is similar to a paragraph
Stanza
What means a sound element of poetry it is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhyme
What means a repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Meter
What means a pair of rhyming lines in a poem
Couplet
What means a four line poem or stanza usually united by meter or rhyme
Quatrain
What means the deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect?
Figurative language
What means a comparison using like or as?
Simile
What means a comparison not using like or as?
Metaphor
What means a metaphor that is developed over several lines if writing or over the course of an entire poem?
Extended metaphor
What means the use of a person, place or object that stand for something else
Symbolism
What means the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
What means the repetition of a consonant sound in several words of a line or stanza.
Consonance
What means the repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza
Assonance
What means a five line poem that is often humorous
Limerick
What means a 14 line rhyming poem written iambic pentameter
Sonnet
What means a meter in which each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable
Iambic pentameter
What means unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
What means poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme
Free verse
What means poetry that tells stories
Narrative poetry
What means the repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word
Rhyme
What means a long narrative poem that tells of he adventures of a hero of historic or legendary importance
Epic
What means a narrative poem that usually tells a story with tragic over tones and a dramatic conclusion
Ballad
What means poetry that focuses not he emotions or thoughts of a single speaker
Lyric poetry
What means an extreme exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
What means when you give an object, animal or idea that takes human qualities
Personification
