Poetry Terms

What is the definition of the term: simile?

• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison

• A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.

What is the definition of the term: Metaphor?

• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison

• Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality; also represents abstract ideas.

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.

What is the definition of the term: Personification?

• A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

• Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality; also represents abstract ideas.

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

What is the definition of the term: Hyperbole?

• A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

• Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, a symbol also represents abstract ideas.

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

What is the definition of the term: Symbol?

• A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

• Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, also represents abstract ideas.

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison

What is the definition of the term: Oxymoron?

• A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

• Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, also represents abstract ideas.

• A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence)

• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison

What is the definition of the term: Alliteration?

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit)

• The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr)

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

What is the definition of the term: Assonance?

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit)

• The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr)

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

What is the definition of the term: Consonance?

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit)

• The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr)

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

What is the definition of the term: Onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit)

• The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr)

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables