12/18 Vocabulary Flashcard 2nd Period

Front

What is a word that ends in the same sound or sounds as another?

Back

Rhyme

Front

What is an indirect reference to an outside piece of work, art, or a cultural figure?

Back

Allusion

Front

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

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Anaphora

Front

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

Back

Simile

Front

What is it called when the same form is repeated in a series of lines or stanzas?

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Parallel Structure

Front

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

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Personification

Front

What is a comparison of two different things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

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 literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

Front

What is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth?

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Paradox