Poetry Elements Flashcard

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'act naturally'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'She is as brave as a lion'.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, as in 'Whales in the wake like capes and Alps quake'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, such as 'Life is a highway that we travel on'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry, such as 'cat' and 'hat'.