Poetry Terms Review

Front

What is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole?

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Synecdoche

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things usually with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’?

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Simile

Front

What do you call a stanza consisting of 6 lines?

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Sestet

Front

What is a ‘softer’ more inoffensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh?

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Euphemism

Front

What is the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry?

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Assonance

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What do you call a pair of rhymed lines in poetry?

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Couplet

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a poetic device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

Front

What do you call a stanza of three lines?

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Tercet