Midterm Review Poetry
alliteration - Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Anaphora - the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Diction - A writer's or speaker's choice of words
lexicon - specialized vocab, subset of English
abstract - theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
figurative language - Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant
to be imaginative and vivid.
hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
metonymy - substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
synecdoche - a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synesthesia - describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")
metaphor - A comparison without using like or as
simile - A comparison using "like" or "as"
alliteration - Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Anaphora - the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Diction - A writer's or speaker's choice of words
lexicon - specialized vocab, subset of English
abstract - theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
figurative language - Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant
to be imaginative and vivid.
hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
metonymy - substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
synecdoche - a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synesthesia - describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")
metaphor - A comparison without using like or as
simile - A comparison using "like" or "as"
