Poetry Terms
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- Q 1/22Score 0Phrases that are not intended to be taken literally. The Literal meaning of the phrase often does not make sense. Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.29Idiom
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- Q1Phrases that are not intended to be taken literally. The Literal meaning of the phrase often does not make sense. Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.Idiom30s
- Q2An exaggeration used to provide emphasis on a concept or ideaHyperbole30s
- Q3This occurs when a writer gives human-like qualities to non-human things.Personification30s
- Q4A comparison between two generally unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as"Simile30s
- Q5A comparison between two generally unlike things that does not use "like" or "as"; instead it commonly uses "is" or "was"Metaphor30s
- Q6when a writer uses descriptive language that speaks directly to one or more of a reader's five sensesImagery30s
- Q7Words that sound like their meaning--the "sound" they describeOnomatopoeia30s
- Q8The repetition of INITIAL Consonant sounds, in two or more neighboring words or syllablesAlliteration30s
- Q9A repetition of a vowel sound within words or syllablesAssonance30s
- Q10Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together in poetryConsonance30s
- Q11Words or Phrases repeated in writings to give emphasis, rhythm, and/or a sense of urgencyRepetition30s
- Q12The sound pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllablesRhythm30s
- Q13The regular patterns of stresses found in many poems and songsMeter30s
- Q14Rhymes that appear at the end of two or more lines of poetryEnd Rhyme30s
- Q15Rhymes appear within a single line of poetryInternal Rhyme30s
