Untitled Deck Flashcards
What is alliteration?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other or next to each other.
What is allusion?
A brief reference to a person, historical event, biblical or mythological situation or character.
What is repetition?
The purposeful re-use of words and phrases to create emphasis or convey a particular effect.
What is imagery?
Imagery in poetry is the use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental pictures and appeal to the senses.
What is a simile?
Creates a comparison between two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
What is a metaphor?
Creates a comparison by stating that one thing is another or does the actions of another.
What is personification?
Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is rhyme?
Rhyme refers to words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.
