Unit: 5 Poetry Flashcards
Repetition of the initial consonants of words.
Alliteration
A poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.
Free Verse
Excessive exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
The use of vivid words that appeal to the readers senses of sight, smell, touch, sound, taste.
Imagery
A comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things.
Metaphor
A word that makes the sound of the action it describes.
Onomatopoeia
A comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects.
Personification
The pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
A comparison of two dissimilar things that uses like or as.
Simile
The narrator of a poem
Speaker
A group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern.
Stanza
Something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself.
Symbol
