Poetry Literary Term Review

Question 1

the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

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rhyme

Question 2

a group of lines that form a unit in a poem.

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stanza

Question 3

the repetition of two or more consonants with different vowel sounds in between

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consonance

Question 4

an expression of ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative and musical language

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poetry

Question 5

main message or lesson of the poem

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theme

Question 6

comparison made throughout the poem between two unlike things that have several elements in common

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extended metaphor

Question 7

a description that strongly appeals to words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

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imagery

Question 8

identifying literary devices

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Question 9

the author’s attitude toward his or her audience or subject

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tone

Question 10

defining unfamiliar terms in a poem

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Question 11

the repetition of vowel sounds within words or syllables

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assonance

Question 12

reading the title of the poem

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Question 13

series of comparisons between two unlike things that have several elements in common

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metaphor

Question 14

the use of words to imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

Question 15

the voice that talks to the reader

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speaker

Question 16

the feeling created by the literary work such as the poem

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mood

Question 17

the technique of using a sound, a word, a phrase, or sentence over again for emphasis.

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repetition

Question 18

language that communicates ideas beyond the literal (real) meanings of the words

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figurative language

Question 19

giving human like qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

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personification

Question 20

identify the subject of the poem

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