Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry

A poetic device used to address absent or nonliving objects as if they were present or alive

Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together in a poem

A pause within a line of poetry

An extended metaphor that makes a complex comparison

The implied or suggested meanings of a word

Repeated consonant sounds within the words of a line of poetry

The writer or speaker’s choice of words, depending on the audience

A mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem; a lament for the dead

The running on of thought from one line to the next without a syntactical break

A word or phrase that describes things in in terms of another, not to be taken literally

The use of extravagant exaggeration

Language that appeals to the senses

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without helping words

A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

The use of a word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning

Special kind of metaphor in which a non-human thing is talked about as if it were human

A play on multiple meanings of a word; two words that sound alike but different meanings

The pattern of rhymes in a poem

A figure of speech that makes a comparison using “like,” “as,” “resembles,” or “than”

The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character

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Question	Answer
Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry
Apostrophe	A poetic device used to address absent or nonliving objects as if they were present or alive
Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together in a poem
Caesura	A pause within a line of poetry
Conceit	An extended metaphor that makes a complex comparison
Connotation	The implied or suggested meanings of a word
Consonance	Repeated consonant sounds within the words of a line of poetry
Diction	The writer or speaker’s choice of words, depending on the audience
Elegy	A mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem; a lament for the dead
Enjambment	The running on of thought from one line to the next without a syntactical break
Figure of Speech	A word or phrase that describes things in in terms of another, not to be taken literally
Foot	A unit of measure in a poem
Hyperbole	The use of extravagant exaggeration
Imagery	Language that appeals to the senses
Metaphor	A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without helping words
Meter	A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Onomatopoeia	The use of a word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning
Personification	Special kind of metaphor in which a non-human thing is talked about as if it were human
Pun	A play on multiple meanings of a word; two words that sound alike but different meanings
Rhyme Scheme	The pattern of rhymes in a poem
Simile	A figure of speech that makes a comparison using “like,” “as,” “resembles,” or “than”
Tone	The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character

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