What term best applies to this line: "The wind screamed [against] my window that February night"?
The following sentence is an example of what? "If I fail this final, my father with flip out!"
The pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...
"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?
Words that appeal to the reader's senses and create word pictures
Her eyes are blue like the ocean. This is an example of ____________________________________.
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
My sister ate 100 gallons of cookie dough ice cream when her special someone broke her heart.
My computer growled at me when I hit the wrong button.
The German Shepard (dog) was lightning fast.
the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning
Line #3 is an example of what type of figurative language?
What term would you choos when coming across this line, "The soft sound of the sea soothed my troubled soul"?
When two words sound the same, especially at the end of each line, as is "He shall no longer be/a visitor to the sea", what do we call this device?
"This summer day is like sweet music" is an example of what device?
"Her love for him was a campaign of ignorance" would be considered as what kind of poetic device?
The following are examples of this device: "boom" "buzz" and "crunch". What term I am referring to?
If I wrote the line "The ship was in distress upon the livid sea", I would be using which poetic device?
What term is used to describe the conjunction of two words that seem to contradict each other, like 'good grief'?
What do you call the pattern that a poem follows, labeled with letters, i.e. AABBCCDD?
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground
What happens during assonance?
What is Imagery?
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
An alliteration is when the beginning consonant sound is repeated to add effect. Identify the example of alliteration.
"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?
__________________ is the deliberate repetition of words or sentence structures for effect.
__________________ is the repetition of initial consonant sounds
__________________ is descriptive or figurative language that creates word pictures for the reader.
A(n) __________________ is the use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humor.
__________________ is giving non-living objects or animals humanlike characteristics.
Which would be the best defintion for allusion?
"She's a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel." is an example of