Poetry Elements and Sound Devices
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- Q1a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.Stanza300sEditDelete
- Q2Repetition of sounds at the end of wordsRhyme300sEditDelete
- Q3the BEAT; the pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of wordsRhythm300sEditDelete
- Q4the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.rhyme scheme30sEditDelete
- Q5a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.Sonnet30sEditDelete
- Q6The person talking in the poem. Sometimes the speaker is the poet himself, but other times it is a fictional character.speaker of the poem30sEditDelete
- Q7A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetrymeter30sEditDelete
- Q8Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasisRepetition30sEditDelete
- Q9Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximityAssonance30sEditDelete
- Q10the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.Alliteration30sEditDelete
- Q11Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.Consonance30sEditDelete
- Q12A word that imitates the sound it represents.Onomatopoeia30sEditDelete
- Q13Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)Imagery30sEditDelete
- Q14Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.figurative language30sEditDelete
- Q15A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as wellsymbolism30sEditDelete
- Q16a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.Metaphor30sEditDelete
- Q17A comparison of two unlike things using like or asSimile30sEditDelete
- Q18the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.Personification30sEditDelete
- Q19a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speakerLyric Poem30sEditDelete
- Q20A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.Ballad30sEditDelete