Poetry Terms Review

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What is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole?

Back

Synecdoche

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things usually with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’?

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Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What do you call a stanza consisting of 6 lines?

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Sestet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

What is a ‘softer’ more inoffensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh?

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Euphemism

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Front

What is the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry?

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Assonance

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

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

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What do you call a pair of rhymed lines in poetry?

Back

Couplet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is a poetic device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Back

Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

What do you call a stanza of three lines?

Back

Tercet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9