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Poetry Terms Van Met
figures of speech and sound devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true | figure of speech |
| an overstatement or exaggeration | hyperbole |
| a comparision of two seemingly unlike things using "like" "as" "than" or "resembles" | simile |
| a comparison of unlike things in which one thing is described as almost becoming another (example: My teacher is a beautiful rose.) | metaphor |
| A nonhuman thing described as if it had human traits or abilities | personification |
| "My friend is a stubborn mule" is an example of a/an: | metaphor |
| "A dream is like a mountain waiting to be climbed" is an example of a/an: | simile |
| "She was so angry that steam came out of her ears" is an example of a/an: | hyperbole |
| "The oak tree pointed to the sky" is an example of a/an: | personification |
| the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning | onomatopoeia |
| the rhymes at the ends of lines | end rhyme |
| when two or more words repeat the same ending sound | rhyme |
| the PATTERN of rhyme in a poem | rhyme scheme |
| the same beginning consonant sounds | alliteration |
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