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Poetry Terms
A review of Poetry terms
Term | Definition |
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Alliteration | Using words that begin with the same sound as the next. |
Simile | comparing two things without using the words like or as |
Personification | Give human traits to a nonhuman thing |
Metaphor | Comparing 2 things using the words like or as |
Stanza | A Poem paragraph |
Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to |
Rhyme | Words that have the same ending sound |
Refrain | A group of lines repeated two times or more |
Free Verse | Written without a rhyme, meter, or length |
Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. ex:This book weighs a ton. |