Untitled Flashcards Set

Alliteration

Assonance

Couplet

Consonance 

Dramatic poem

Eye rhyme

Feminine rhyme

Hyperbole

Internal rhyme

Masculine rhyme

Metaphor

Metonymy

Narrative poem

Octave

Oxymoron

Onomatopoeia

Paradox - **Alliteration**: The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words. - **Assonance**: The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words to create internal rhyming. - **Couplet**: A pair of consecutive lines of poetry that often rhyme and have the same meter. - **Consonance**: The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words in a phrase or sentence. - **Dramatic poem**: A poem that presents a story, often with a conflict, through the voice of one or more characters. - **Eye rhyme**: Words that look like they should rhyme because of their spelling but do not actually rhyme when spoken. - **Feminine rhyme**: A rhyme that matches two or more syllables, typically with the final syllable unstressed. - **Hyperbole**: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect. - **Internal rhyme**: A rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry or between the middle of one line and the end of another. - **Masculine rhyme**: A rhyme that matches only one syllable, usually the last syllable of the words. - **Metaphor**: A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating one is the other. - **Metonymy**: A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. - **Narrative poem**: A poem that tells a story, often including characters and a plot. - **Octave**: A stanza or poem consisting of eight lines, often following a specific rhyme scheme. - **Oxymoron**: A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms (e.g., 'bittersweet'). - **Onomatopoeia**: A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes. - **Paradox**: A statement that appears contradictory but may reveal an underlying truth. - **Pun**: A form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similarity in sound for humorous effect. - **Quatrain**: A stanza of four lines, typically with a specific rhyme scheme. - **Synecdoche**: A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Pun

Quatrain

Synecdoche