Poetry Literary Vocabulary - CKLA

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What is a poem about the craft of poetry?

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ars poetica

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What is a figure of speech in which words typically used to describe one thing are used to describe something else in order to suggest a likeness?

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metaphor

Front

What is the repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem called?

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anaphora

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What do you call words that end in the same sound or sounds?

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rhyme

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What are words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition?

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figurative language

Front

What is a type of poem with 19 lines, consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain?

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villanelle

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What is a four-line stanza in a poem called?

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quatrain

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What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art in a poem?

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allusion

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What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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simile

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

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rhyme scheme