Use the terms of these flash cards for poetry or literature classes
There are 17 flash cards in this set (3 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate the sound they are naming -ex. buzz, crash |
| alliteration | constant sounds repeated at the beginning of the story ex - peter piper |
| consonance | similar to alliteration except the repated consonant sounds can be anywhere ex. - uncertain, rustling |
| assonance | repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry (often creates near rhyme ex lake, fate, base |
| personification | an animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities - ex. the sea moaned |
| refrain | a sound, word, prhase, or line repeated regularly in a poem |
| imagery | languages that appeals to the senses. Most are visual - but also can be sound, touch, taste, or smell |
| symbolism | when a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself also represents. or stands for something else. ex. state bird = america |
| allusion | comes from the verb allude which means to refer to. It is a reference to something famous or well known. |
| parody | imitation of a poem or another poet's style of comic effect, spoof |
| pun | play on words ex an elephants opinion holds a lot of weight |
| oxymoron | figure of speech that is a combo of contradictory words ex. jumbo shrimp |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration used for emphasis |
| litotes | understatement - opposite of hyperbole, often ironic |
| idiom | an expression where theliteral meaning of the words is not the meaing of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. ex Raining cats and dogs |
