Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

Back

Stanza

Front

What type of creative writing uses sounds and images to express feelings and ideas?

Back

Poetry

Front

What is the term for the end of a line of a poem and the beginning of a new line?

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Line break

Front

What are special tools that poets use to create effects in a poem?

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Sound device

Front

What type of communication does not use a strict or realistic meaning of words?

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Figurative language

Front

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

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Rhyme scheme

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration

Front

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

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Simile

Front

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

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Personification

Front

What is the overall feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates?

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Mood