Poetry Terms A

Front

What is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things without the use of the words like or as?

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Metaphor

Front

The light danced on the surface of the water is an example of....

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Personification

Front

What is the repetition of the beginning sounds of several words in a group called?

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Alliteration

Front

An overstatement or exaggeration is called?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry called?

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Rhythm

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What term describes a word that imitates the sound it represents?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is a phrase that combines contradictory terms?

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Oxymoron

Front

What is the term for a recurring theme or idea in a poem?

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Motif