12/18 Vocabulary Flashcard 1st Period

Front

What is a comparison of two different things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is a poetic form with nineteen lines and a set pattern of repeating lines and rhyming words?

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Villanelle

Front

What is writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present?

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Apostrophe

Front

What is it called when non-human things are described as if they have human qualities?

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Personification

Front

What is a four-line stanza in poetry?

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Quatrain

Front

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

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

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Motif

Front

What is a type of poem that tells a story and has a plot?

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Narrative Poem

Front

What is a poem that expresses personal feelings and thoughts?

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Lyric Poem

Front

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

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Alliteration