Relier Pairs Poetry Terms IIVersion en ligne English I/II Vocabulary Review par Cory Huttenga 1 imagery 2 quatrain 3 idiom 4 slant rhyme 5 couplet 6 personification 7 tercet 8 hyperbole 9 perfect rhyme 10 oxymoron a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. a "figure of speech." a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds, like "worm" and "swarm." the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). a rhyme exemplified by homonyms, such as "bear/bare" or "wear/where" or a rhyme in which different consonants are followed by identical vowel and consonant sounds, such as in "moon" and "June." a set or group of three lines of verse language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.