English 11 vocabulary

The poet's attitude toward the poem's subject matter

"As brave as a lion" is an example of what?

The term for the literal or primary meaning of a word rather than what the word suggests.

How many syllables are in the first and third sentence of a Haiku?

"Home" used as a place of warmth and comfort is an example of what technique?

Walt Whitman introduces what poetic style?

Associated with mental images that appeal to our senses.

Relaxed, sarcastic, joyful, desperate, bitter, hopeful are examples of what?

A comparison without "like" or "as"

The image is an example of what technique?

What is the technique that uses the repetition of vowel sounds inside a sentence.?

Elements of a poem that invoke the senses to create a mental image

Nonrhyming lines that closely resembles natural speech

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

What is a set of lines in a poem, usually four, that separates sections called?

A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem

"Cocky" instead of "confident" is an example of what?

"Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos" is an example of what technique

The tone in "I Too Sing America" is...

A nursery rhyme is an example of this.

What is the technique called that is a poem that doesn't rhyme and sounds like how we talk?

What is the writer's attitude toward the subject or audience called?

Mean Mrs. Hockman made faces at Maurice and he was mad.

The repetition of initial stressed consonant sounds in the words in a line

A repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants

Which is an example of personification?

Basic unit of a poem

A figure of speech where the sound of a word imitates its meaning

A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem

Nursery rhymes are an example of this.

An idea or feeling associated with a word. Not the literal meaning.

"Try to light a fire" is an example of what?

Vagrant: a person without a settled home or job, goes from place to place and lives by begging.