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Poetry Words #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| simile | comparison using words like or as |
| chronological sequence | describe events in the order they occur |
| rhythm | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| rhyme | repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases |
| repetition | use of a word or group of words more than once in a poem |
| figurative language | language that is not meant literally, or exactly as the dictionary definition of the word would indicate |
| metaphor | indicate a similar quality in two generally unlike things |
| images | pictures that poets create with words |
| alliteration | repetition of same consonant sounds at beginnings of words |
| onomatopoeia | use of word that imitates or suggests the sound of what the word refers to |