Poetry News 1 Flashcards
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true.
Figurative language
The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
Alliteration
Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme.
Free verse
Language that appeals to the senses.
Imagery
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
Personification
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
Simile
The voice talking in a poem.
Speaker
In a poem, a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit.
Stanza
A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something itself as well.
Symbol
