Poetry Terms_Condensed

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where a word imitates the sound it represents, such as 'boom', 'buzz', or 'sizzle'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, such as 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, like 'jumbo shrimp' or 'deafening silence'.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is a quatrain?

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A quatrain is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines, often with a specific rhyme scheme.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts, like 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in a phrase, such as 'pitter-patter'.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, such as 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'Time is a thief'.

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What is tone in poetry?

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Tone refers to the attitude or emotional quality of the poem, conveyed through word choice and style.