front 1 Figurative Language | back 1 a way of expressing yourself that does not use a word's realistic meaning |
front 2 Alliteration | back 2 The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words closely written together |
front 3 Assonance | back 3 The repetition of the same vowel sounds throughout words that are closely written together. |
front 4 Onomatopoeia | back 4 Sound words |
front 5 Symbolism | back 5 One thing represents something else |
front 6 Metaphor | back 6 Comparing two things using is |
front 7 Simile | back 7 Comparing two things using like or as |
front 8 Hyperbole | back 8 an extreme exaggeration |
front 9 Personification | back 9 giving objects or animals human characteristics |
front 10 Idiom | back 10 words that do not mean literally what it says; an idiotic saying |
front 11 Imagery | back 11 using the five senses to describe something |
front 12 Allusion | back 12 referencing to something else in history, literature, or current events without mentioning the details |
front 13 Theme | back 13 the message/lesson in the story |
front 14 Poetry | back 14 literary work where special attention is given to the expression of feeling |
front 15 Ballad | back 15 A poem with musical qualities that combines nature and lyric poems |
front 16 Epic | back 16 A long narrative poem that usually describes a journey |
front 17 Narrative Poem | back 17 A poem that tells a story |
front 18 Lyric Poem | back 18 a short poem that discusses the persona's personal feelings or emotions |
front 19 Ode | back 19 a lyric poem addressed to a specific object |
front 20 Sonnet | back 20 A 14 line poem that uses a specific rhyme scheme |
front 21 Rhyme Scheme | back 21 The way the poem rhymes. It is labeled with the alphabet. |
front 22 Couplet | back 22 two lines that rhyme back-to-back |
front 23 Free Verse | back 23 no rhyme |
front 24 Haiku | back 24 unrhymed poetic form that requires 17 syllables in three lines: 5, 7 and 5 |
front 25 Calligram | back 25 The words of the poem creates an image |
front 26 Acrostic | back 26 A poem based off of a word |
front 27 Kenning | back 27 A type of poem that describes the object or creature without ever mentioning it |
front 28 Alternate Rhyme | back 28 Every other line rhymes |
front 29 Approximate Rhyme | back 29 The words look like they would rhyme and almost do. The intentions of the author is for the words to rhyme. |
front 30 Persona | back 30 the speaker in the poem, like a narrator in a story |