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Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant words it is to draw attention to certain words to imitate sounds to create musical effects |
| personification | when nonliving or nonhuman objects are given human qualities |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which something is compared to something else |
| simile | a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| rhyme | similar sounds in words |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
| slant rhyme | rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical |
| end rhyme | occurs at the end of each line of poetry |
| internal rhyme | rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse |