Culler Poetry Terms Review

4. a figure of speech that brings together two contradictory (opposite) terms to create a new truth
6. a song-like, narrative poem
7. has no pattern or rhyme scheme, imitates natural speech
11. the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together
12. a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses like, than, as, or resembles
17. the repetition of the initial (beginning) sound in words close together
18. when a writer assumes you know something from history or literature
19. the repetition of consonant sounds in words close together (not at the beginning of words)
20. the beat of a poem; the repetition of sound pattern
21. a humorous play on words
22. 17 syllable, unrhymed, Japanese poem, usually about nature
23. rhyming sounds within the same line
24. a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a unit (like a paragraph)
26. anything that stands for or represents something other than itself

1. a direct comparison between two unlike things, without using like or as
2. the author's attitude toward their subject
3. an extreme exaggeration or overstatement
5. giving human characteristics to a non-human object/creature
8. words whose sounds suggest their meanings
9. a humorous, 5-lined poem that rhymes
10. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
13. a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally; ex. It's raining cats and dogs.
14. sounds that are similar but not exactly the same
15. a group of four lines with a rhyme scheme
16. a pair of rhyming lines
23. appealing to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste
25. shows the author's personality and adds liveliness to writing