Poetry Words97 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Rhyme | The repetition of sounds at the ends of words. |
Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. |
Hyperbole | An over exaggeration of ideas, not usually possible. |
Metaphor | A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else; Like a simile, it works to point out a similarity between two unlike objects. |
Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Writers use alliteration to draw attention to certain words or ideas, to imatate sounds, and to create musical effects. |
Onomatopoeia | The use of words that imitate sounds. |
Personification | A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human charateristics. |
Repetition | The use, more than once, of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence etc. |
Rhyme Scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. |
Refrain | A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song. |
Simile | Figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike objects. |
Stanza | A formal division of lines in poem, considered as a unit. |
Idiom | A commonly used expression that is not meant to be taken literally. |
Imagery | Use of sensory language to create an image in the reader's mind. |
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