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