Final Exam Review

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• allusion

• assonance

• connotation

Images and feelings associated with a word

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Denotation

• Connotation

literal, dictionary meaning of a word

• Diction

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Epic

author's choice of words; determines mood/tone; related to connotation of words

• Connotation

• Onomatopoeia

• Diction

• Denotation

long, narrative poem about a hero/quest (Odyssey)

• Haiku

• Narrative

• Epic

• Limerick

Japanese form of poetry; traditionally about nature; follows syllabic pattern 5-7-5 (3 lines)

• Epic

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Sonnet

exaggeration for effect

e.g., I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

comparison in which one thing becomes another

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

form of poetry that tells a story

• Epic

• Narrative Poem

• Limerick

• Haiku

a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet

• Haiku

• Narrative Poem

• Ode

• Sonnet