Poetry and Drama Terms

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, such as 'deafening silence'.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme refers to words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a sentence or phrase, regardless of the position in the word.

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What is symbolism?

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Symbolism is the use of an object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, representing something beyond its literal meaning.

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What is a pun?

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A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other, such as 'Time is a thief'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words, like 'She sells sea shells'.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyming within phrases or sentences.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion'.