Vocabulary

4. figurative phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of the words within it
8. is a figure of speech where human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities like animals
11. is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”
13. the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
16. patterned sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables
18. rhythmic structure of a line, created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
19. to a single row of text or words
20. refers to the author's or speaker's attitude towards the subject

1. uses words that imitate or suggest the sounds they describe
2. deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for emphasis
3. is a literary device where an object, person, or event represents something else
5. describes a subject by stating it is something else
6. refers to the overall feeling or atmosphere the poem evokes in the reader
7. a form of wordplay that uses terms with similar or identical sounds or spellings for humorous effect.
9. deliberate point where a line of verse ends and a new line begins
10. to a type of verbal irony where a line of poetry conveys a meaning that is the opposite of what is literally stated
12. refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses
14. is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms or ideas
15. the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line
17. a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines