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STAAR Review of Literary Terms Poetry

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A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme or rhythm to create an emotional response.
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Poetry

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Q1
A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme or rhythm to create an emotional response.
Poetry
30s
Q2
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter.
Rhyme Scheme
30s
Q3
A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhythm
30s
Q4
Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell).
Imagery
30s
Q5
Words that sound like their meaning.
Onomatopoeia
30s
Q6
The repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds in words that are close together.
Alliteration
30s
Q7
Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.
Personification
30s
Q8
When an object or idea represents something else.
Symbolism
30s
Q9
A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.
Simile
30s
Q10
A comparison between two unlike things, WITHOUT using the words like or as.
Metaphor
30s
Q11
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
30s
Q12
Repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words.
Assonance
30s
Q13
Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.
Consonance
30s
Q14
Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas to reveal the familiar in surprising ways. Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, and allusion are all types of this.
Figurative Language
30s
Q15
a songlike poem that tells a story, often about adventure or romance.
Ballad
30s

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