Literary Devices Flashcard

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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A pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor.

Front

Which term describes a figure of speech using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile.

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What is similar to a paragraph in prose within a poem?

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Stanza.

Front

What is poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme called?

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Free Verse.

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What is a literary device that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification.

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What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration.

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What is a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile.

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What is the central idea or message in a literary work?

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Theme.

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What is a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis?

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Hyperbole.