Poetry Flashcard

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What is an extreme exaggeration in poetry?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is the repetition of a vowel sound in a sentence or line of words?

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Assonance

Front

Who is the speaker in a poem if they are described as a child?

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The speaker is a child.

Front

What do we call the use of descriptive language to create a mental image for readers?

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Imagery

Front

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

Front

What is the overall feeling or atmosphere created by a poem?

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Tone

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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Stanza

Front

What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?

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Rhyme scheme

Front

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

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Personification