Poetry Test Review

"the huskies howled"

"Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear"

Words that are close together begin with the same sound

"Talk of your cold! Through the parka’s fold it stabbed like a driven nail."

Making reference to popular or historical figures, stories, and events.

Two words with opposite meaning are put together.

Repeated words or phases to emphasize an idea.

"the stars came out and they danced about"

"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed on cloudy seas"

"I’m chilled clean through to the bone."

Exploiting the different possible meanings of a word. Also know as a "play on words."

A comparison that uses “like” or “as.”

A seemingly self-contradictory statement that may prove to be true.

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman.

A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as.”

The sound of a word is similar to the sound of the thing it’s describing.

"The highwayman came riding/-Riding-riding/The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door."

An exaggerated claim.