English Vocabulary

2. a saying that is not to be taken literally
3. comparing by stating one thing actually is something else
5. unrhymed Japanese verse
7. language that paints a picture in the reader’s mind
9. a pair of rhyming lines
10. recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse
11. Poetry with neither, regular meter nor rhyme scheme
12. A narrative poem that tells a plot-driven story, typically quatrains with an ABAB rhyme scheme.
14. giving human qualities to non-human things
17. the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning (e.g., buzz.).
18. repetition of initial sounds, e.g., picked a peck of pickled peppers
19. when one thing is used to represent something else
20. a fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm

1. comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”
4. an exaggeration
6. a stanza containing four lines
8. repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
13. a 5-line, songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain
15. a rhyming pattern
16. the repeating of a consonant sound anywhere in multiple words