Poetry Terms/Figurative Language/Literary Devices

The pattern in which the last words in lines of poetry rhyme.

Your yard is a "Garden of Eden" is an example of what figure of speech?

A 14 line poem with a certain rhyme scheme. 

Two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme.

Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create imagery

Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

Something that has meaning in itself but also represents something else 

Sally sells sea shells...

Simile?

A four line stanza or section in a poem.

The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession. 

A run-on line of poetry where logical, grammatical sense carries over from 1 line to the next.

Personification?

The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"

A direct comparison between unlike things with similar qualities, not using "like" or "as". 

Poetry with no regular rhyme, rhythm or line length.

A group of lines together in a poem, like sentences in a paragraph.

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words, as in tongue twisters 

Giving non-humans or abstract ideas, human qualities

A paradox is a contradictory phrase that is true.

Which type of irony is when the audeince knows something the characters don't?

What two words are used in similes?

Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.

A pair of word opposites placed side by side for dramatic effect, like "jumbo shrimp"

Greg's father was a rock through the entire soccer game...

The narrator’s attitude toward the subject of the text.

The literal meaning of the word that a person would find in the dictionary.  

A large bucket of fluffy, crunchy, butter drenched popcorn is an example of....?

Extreme exaggeration usually for humorous effect.

The repetition of identical or similar sounds in words.

A reference to a famous person, place, event or other work of literature. 

The choice and use of words and phrases

"Act naturally" is an example of what?

Words that imitate sounds.

An eight line unit which may make up a stanza or a section of a poem.

The emotion of the text. 

The unspoken, unwritten associations made with a particular word. 

Euphemism is a(n) ..... of harsh words

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses.

Talking to a nonexistant person of an inanimate object as though it were a living being

Repetition of the same word or set of words in a paragraph