unit 5 Flashcards
alliteration
repetition of the initial consonants of words.
free verse
a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.
hyperbole
excessive exaggeration to make a point
imagery
the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
metaphor
a comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
onomatopoeia
a word that makes the sound of the action it describes
personifacation
a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects
rhyme scheme
the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
simile
a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”
speaker
the narrator of a poem
stanza
a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern
symbol
something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself
