Flashcard Glossary of Literary Terms
Your flashcard glossary of literary terms will include the following 36 terms. Define each term and write down an
example (this can be from the literature book; include author information where available). Follow this format
exactly on each flashcard to earn full credit. Flashcards must be hand-written or completed on an app.
*front of flashcard
quatrain
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definition: a stanza or poem of four
lines, usually ending with alternate
rhymes.
example: abab rhyme scheme
Literary Terms:
1. Quatrain
2. Alliteration
3. Hyperbole/Exaggeration
4. Metaphor
5. Personification
6. Simile
7. Symbol
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Extended Metaphor
10. Stanza
11. Lyric Poem
12. Tone
13. Mood
14. Imagery
15. Assonance
16. Allusion
17. Couplet
18. Refrain
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Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Narrative Poem
Ballad
Epic
Ode
Sonnet
Elegy
Free Verse
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Figure of Speech (A.K.A. Figurative Language)
Prose
Speaker
Theme
Verse
Use Chapter 6 of your Holt Literature and Language Arts book as well as the “Handbook of Literary Terms”
(beginning on page 811 of your text) to help you complete this assignment. If you don’t find a term in the textbook,
you may use a dictionary.
Due: _____________________________________
Points Possible: __________