Instructions: Identify the literary terms described below.
April 2
I use concrete things to represent abstract or spiritual themes. What am I?
April 3
I repeat initial consonant sounds. What am I?
April 4
I refer to famous historical or literary writings. What am I?
April 5
I repeat words or phrases at the beginning of sentences. What am I?
April 6
I repeat vowel sounds, and I try to make rhymes. What am I?
April 9
I don't use rhyme and I have ten syllables in each line. What am I?
April 10
I am a set of two lines whose last two words rhyme. What am I?
April 11
I am a very long poem that tells the tale of a heroic figure. What am I?
April 12
For emphasis, I repeat the same words in a row. What am I?
April 13
I am a long poem that tells a story. What am I?
April 16
I don't use regular rhyme or meter. What am I?
April 17
I originated in Japan and am very structured, with three lines that have five, seven, and five syllables, respectively. What am I?
April 18
I am a short poem that describes simple times in romantic ways. What am I?
April 19
I directly compare one thing with another dissimilar thing. What am I?
April 20
I am the rhythmic pattern, or how words are stressed, of a line of poetry. What am I?
April 23
I am a very formal and elaborate lyrical poem. What am I?
April 24
I am a word whose sound implies its meaning. What am I?
April 25
I am a poem or verse with four lines. What am I?
April 26
I am a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared, using the words like or as. What am I?
April 27
I am a 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a structured rhyme scheme. What am I?
April 30
I am a stanza, a short section of a longer poem, or a term for poetry itself. What am I?
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