Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Sonnet
|
A distinctive poetic style of metrical structure consisting of 14 lines.
|
|
|
Simile
|
A figure of speech, often introduced by "like" or "as," which compares two unlike things.
|
|
|
Metaphor
|
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unrelated objects.
|
|
|
Personification
|
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities.
|
|
|
Narrative Poem
|
A poem that tells a story.
|
|
|
Motif
|
The motif is a recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.
|
|
|
Metaphor
|
A type of figurative language where a statement is made that something is something else.
|
|
|
Lyric
|
A lyric is a song-like poem written mainly to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person.
|
|
|
Epigram
|
A short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event, usually with witticism or sarcasm.
|
|
|
Elegy
|
An elegy is a song or poem that expresses sorrow, usually for someone who has died.
|
|
|
Didactic
|
Didactic refers to literature or other types of art that are instructional or informative.
|
|
|
Couplet
|
Couplet is a style of poetry defined as a complete thought written in two lines with rhyming ends
|
|
|
Alliteration
|
An illiteration is aa pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds.
|
|
|
Allegory
|
An allegory is a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor. Ex: fables, parables
|
|
|
Stanza
|
A stanza is a separated block in poetry
|
|
|
Quatrain
|
A quatrain is a stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines of verse.
|
|
|
Octave
|
An octave is a stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of eight lines of verse.
|
