Poetry Terms

Question 1

Paradox

Answer 1

Self contradictory (I spent a week there one day)

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The reoccurence of a letter or sound. (Peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers)

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

A comparison not using like or as (I fell through a trap door of depression)

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

Indirect reference to something else. (avatar kedavra he said through the willows?)

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison using like or as. (as brave as a lion)

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

A word that sounds like the sound. (pop, sizzle,cuckoo,boom)

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

The quality or feeling. (I HATE THIS CLASS, compared to I don’t enjoy being present in this class)

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Visually descriptiveness. (the old beaten down and muddy road led to a run down shack with barely noticeable red shutters)

Question 9

Symbolism

Answer 9

Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. (he led our group as the sun leads the planets)

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Extreme exaggeration. (it was the most amazing and colorful and fantastic thing a person could have ever seen!!!!!)