| Question |
Answer |
| onomatopoeia |
a word that is formed by its sound |
| end rhyme |
the use of rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry |
| ballad |
tells a story in short stanzas |
| alliteration |
repetition of letters in word |
| consonance |
recurrence of consonants |
| lyric |
expressing writers emotions |
| elegy |
poem about death |
| ode |
a poem meant to be sung |
| sonnet |
14 lines |
| petrarchaen sonnet |
abbaabba |
| shakespearean sonnet |
a sonnet with concluding couplet in iambic pentameter |
| metonymy |
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated |
| synechdoche |
address something as a part of a whole |
| oxymoron |
adjective/noun that contradict eachother |
| paradox |
sentence that contradicts itself |
| meter |
number of beats in a line |
| internal rhyme |
a rhyme between words in the same line |
| allusion |
reference to another piece of literature |
| epic |
long poem illustrating the deeds of a hero |
| haiku |
-17 syllables |
| apostrophe |
address to an absent or imaginary person |
| hyperbole |
exaggeration |
| litotes |
understatement |
| refrain |
A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza. |
| couplet |
two lines in a verse, in the same meter, joined by rhyme |
| free verse |
poetry that doesnt follow the rhyme or meter of the rest of the poem |
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| CPETSISST |
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| diction |
choice and use of words in writing |
| syntax |
arrangement of words and phrases |
| wry |
mocking |
| bantering |
playful/teasing remark |
| bemused |
confuse |
| simpering |
flirty |
| urbane |
courteous |
| strident |
loud/hard |
| derisive |
mocking |
| beseeching |
beg/request |
| pedantic |
overly concerned |
| conciliatory |
compromising |
| pompous |
self important |
| fatuous |
silly/pointless |
| laconic |
style using very few words |
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