Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Poetry Vocabulary

Lit/La

TermDefinition
Poetry The writings of a poet.
Rhythm A repeated pattern of sounds or movements.
Repetition The act of saying or doing something again.
Stanza A group of lines.
Metaphor An object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else.
Personification An imaginary person that represents a thing or idea.
Simile To compare someone of something using like or as.
Symbol An action, object, event, ect that expresses or represents a particular idea, or quality.
Alliteration The use of words that begin with the same sound near one another.
Assonance The use of words that have the same or very similar vowel sounds near one another.
Consonance Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
Onomatopoeia The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Rhyme Rhyme is a poem composed of lines with similar ending sounds.
Meter Is a pattern of beats, the basic linear measerments of the metric system.
Narrative Poetry A short story told in verse.
Haku Unrhymed lines which are written in a 5 7 5 sylable.
Free Verse Is poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Lyric Poetry Is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a singe speaker.
Concrete poems Is one with a shape that suggests its subject.
Limericks Is a humorous, rhyming, five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.
Rhyming Couplets Is a regular patern of rhyming words in a poem.
Ballads
Created by: nschmidt
Popular Academic Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards