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Tools of Poetry

Tools of Poetry Study Stack

QuestionAnswer
poetry without specific form free verse
musical qualities, or beat of a poem rhythm
comparing two things using like or as simile
A word or image that stands for something else symbol
a word that imitates a sound onomatopoea
Unifying idea; a message from the author Theme
two rhymed lines of poetry, one after the other couplet
writing pattern after speech prose
Extreme exaggeration Hyperbolie
repition of initial consonant sounds Alleration
comparing two things by saying one is the other metaphor
poet's Paragraph stanza
story poem narrative
using senses to get reader to see a picture imaginary
Giving human characteristics to an inaminate objects personification
an outcome that is opposite of what would be expected irony
Narrator of the poem speaker
poetry which focuses on emotions or feelings lyric
creative writing set in stanzas poetry
A contradiction in terms-two opposite words oxymoron
crash, maxxey ran into thee fence Onomatopoeia example
Maxxey is like a hairball. Simile example
Maxxey mocked me. alliterateion example
Maxxey was a big hairball. Metaphor example
Maxxey is as big as a giant. Hyperbole example
After she went down the stairs holding on to the railing she tripped and fell. Irony Examples
Anger pounded at the door. personification example
Deafening silence filled the room. oxymoron example
Popeye was weak (for his energy-giving spinach)while chained up inside a spinach cannery. irony example
Playing piano will be a cake walk if you practice every day. metaphor example
Someone or something which is unhappy or bleak (gloomy, somber, or exposed to cold) desolate
Roses are red; Violets are blue; Sugar is sweet; And so are you. Rhyme pattern a,b,c,b
Created by: tboever17
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