Poetry Terms Flashcard

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

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Alliteration

Front

A comparison using 'like' or 'as' is known as a ______.

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Simile

Front

What is the literary device that involves giving human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

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A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure is called a ______.

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Haiku

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What is an Ode?

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A formal, lyrical poem that praises something

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A poem that mourns the loss of someone is called an ______.

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Elegy

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What is a stanza in poetry?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose

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Enjambment is when a line of poetry continues onto the next without what?

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Punctuation

Front

What is a deliberate pause or break in a line of poetry called?

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Caesura

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Diction refers to the poet's choice of what?

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Words