Poetry Flashcards
Metaphor
Compares two things.
Time is a thief.
You are a couch potato.
Similie
Compares two things using like or as.
Busy as a bee.
Clean as a whistle.
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-living creatures.
Opportunity knocked on the door.
The sun greeted me this morning.
Hyperbole
Outrageous exaggeration.
You snore louder than a freight train.
You could’ve knocked me over with a feather.
Symbolism
A word that has its own meaning but is used to represent something way different.
Dove=Love
Black=Death
Alliteration
Repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
Onamonpaeia
A sound device.
Boom!
Whoosh!
Score!
Allusion
Brief reference to a historical, mythical, or literary person, place, event or movement.
Kindness
Connotation
Emotional feelings.
Happy,sweet
Neutral,busy
Denotation
(Literal) meaning of the word.
Sherpas
Lines
Poetry is written in lines.
Stanza
Grouping of lines.
Repetition
Repeated use of a sound.
Rhyme
Repetition of words at end of lines.
Anthology
Collection