Terms : Hide Images
| 6687198482 | RHYME | the similarity of likeness of sound existing between two words | 0 | |
| 6687079432 | METER | regularized rhythm, an arrangement of language in which the accents occur at apparently equal intervals | 1 | |
| 6687094119 | FOOT | the basic unit of meter | 2 | |
| 6687101411 | IAMBIC | consists of a unstressed syllable followed by an stressed syllable | 3 | |
| 6687104703 | TROCHAIC | consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable | 4 | |
| 6687115757 | ANAPESTIC | a metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable | 5 | |
| 6687123791 | DACTYLIC | a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllable | 6 | |
| 6687139207 | SPONDEE | consists of two stressed syllables. | 7 | |
| 6687153927 | PYRRHIC | consists of two unstressed syllables | 8 | |
| 6687163561 | MONOMETER | one-foot line | 9 | |
| 6687165281 | DIMETER | two-foot line | 10 | |
| 6687166694 | TRIMETER | three-foot line | 11 | |
| 6687169095 | TETRAMETER | four-foot line | 12 | |
| 6687170925 | PENTAMETER | five-foot line | 13 | |
| 6687172756 | HEXAMETER | six-foot line | 14 | |
| 6687174507 | HEPTAMETER | seven-foot line | 15 | |
| 6687176583 | OCTAMETER | eight-foot line | 16 | |
| 6687187304 | RHYMED VERSE | rhymed verse consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter | 17 | |
| 6687187305 | BLANK VERSE | blank verse consists of lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme | 18 | |
| 6687187306 | FREE VERSE | free verse consists of lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme | 19 | |
| 6687206490 | END RHYME | consists of the similarity occurring at the end of two or more lines of verse | 20 | |
| 6687214275 | INTERNAL VERSE | consists of similarity occurring between two or more words in the same line of verse a rime in which one or both of the rime words occurs inside the line | 21 | |
| 6687229993 | MASCULINE RHYME | occurs when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word | 22 | |
| 6687237069 | FEMININE RHYME | occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhyme with another word | 23 | |
| 6687241394 | TRIPLE RHYME | occurs when the last three syllables of a word or line rhyme | 24 | |
| 6687250772 | RHYME SCHEME | the pattern or sequence in which the rhyme occurs. (the first sound is labeled as A and the the second is labeled at B, etc.) | 25 | |
| 6687269801 | ALLITERATION | the repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in line of verse | 26 | |
| 6687279370 | ONOMATOPOEIA | the use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds | 27 | |
| 6687282042 | ASSONANCE | is the similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words | 28 | |
| 6687287915 | CONSONANCE | is the repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse. it is similar to alliteration except that it does not limit the repeated sound to the initial letter or word | 29 | |
| 6687315498 | REFRAIN | the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza (like a chorus in a song) | 30 | |
| 6687328242 | REPETITION | the reiterating of a word or phrase within a poem | 31 | |
| 6687331200 | SIMILE | a direct or explicit comparison between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or similarity between some attribute found in both things using LIKE or AS | 32 | |
| 6687357802 | METAPHOR | an implied comparison between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or analogy between attributes found in both things. | 33 | |
| 6687376468 | PERSONIFICATION | the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals | 34 | |
| 6687380108 | SYNECDOCHE | is the technique of mentioning a part of something to represent the whole | 35 | |
| 6687385625 | METONYMY | is the substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it 'the white house has decided' | 36 | |
| 6687393738 | SYMBOL | a word or image that signifies something order than what it literally represents | 37 | |
| 6687398933 | ALLEGORY | a narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one | 38 | |
| 6687408231 | OVERSTATEMENT | is an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and is not to be taken literally | 39 | |
| 6687421578 | UNDERSTATEMENT | consists of saying less than one means, or of saying what one means with less force than the occasion warrants | 40 | |
| 6687428158 | ANTITHESIS | is a balancing or contrasting of one term against another | 41 | |
| 6687432687 | APOSTROPHE | the addressing of someone or something usually not present, as if they were present (think of acting) | 42 | |
| 6687441400 | DRAMATIC IRONY | a device by which the author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker in literary work | 43 | |
| 6687463171 | IRONY OF SITUATION | a situation in which there is an incongruity between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or between what is anticipated and what actually comes to pass | 44 | |
| 6687472702 | VERBAL IRONY | a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said | 45 | |
| 6687476243 | PARADOX | a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements | 46 | |
| 6687490786 | OXYMORON | a figure of speech that combines two contradictory words, placed side by side | 47 | |
| 6687504870 | STANZA | a division of a poem based on thought or form | 48 | |
| 6687511052 | TYPES OF STANZAS | couplet - two-line stanza triplet - three-line stanza quatrain - two-line stanza sestet - six-line stanza septet - seven-line stanza octave - eight-line stanza | 49 | |
| 6687534769 | HEROIC COUPLET (sometimes called a closed couplet) | consists of two successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within the two lines. usually consists of iambic pentameter lines | 50 | |
| 6687545198 | TERZA RIMA | a three line stanza form with an interlaced or interwoven rhyme scheme usually: A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, D-E-D | 51 | |
| 6687555888 | LIMERICK | a five line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter usually: A-A-B-B-A the first, second, and fifth lines have three stresses, the third and fourth have two stresses | 52 | |
| 6687569194 | BALLAD STANZA | consists of four lines with a rhyme scheme of A-B-C-B the first and third lines are tetrameter and the second and fourth lines are trimeter | 53 | |
| 6687646075 | RIME ROYAL | a stanza consisting of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming A-B-A-B-B-A-A | 54 | |
| 6687657330 | OTTAVA RIMA | consists of eight iambic pentameter lines with a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-B-A-B-C-C | 55 | |
| 6687669903 | SPENSERIAM STANZA | a nine-line stanza consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by an alexandrine, a line of iambic hexameter | 56 | |
| 6692907917 | SONNET | a fourteen-line stanza form consisting of iambic pentameter lines. | 57 | |
| 6692922499 | VILLANELLE | consists of five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets and together as the last two lines of the quatrain | 58 | |
| 6692931858 | ELEGY | usually a poem that mourns the death of an individual, the absence of something deeply loved, or the transience of mankind | 59 | |
| 6692967013 | LYRIC | is the most widely used type of poem. | 60 | |
| 6692978962 | ODE | an exalted, complex rapturous lyric poem written about a dignified, lofty subject | 61 | |
| 6693003758 | ALLUSION | a reference in literature or in art to previous literature, history, mythology, current events, or the bible | 62 | |
| 6693017375 | ANACHRONISM | an element in a story that is out of its time frame | 63 | |
| 6693029579 | ANECDOTE | a short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, to develop a character or a theme | 64 | |
| 6693035899 | ANTECEDENT | the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. (sometimes after the pronoun in poetry) | 65 | |
| 6693042745 | APHORISM | a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore | 66 |
