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Poetry Terms
Figurative Language in Poetry
Term | Definition |
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Alliteration | The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants or consonant clusters, in a group of words |
Metaphor | comparing two things without using the words like or as |
Onomatopoeia | The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning |
Personification | A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force, or an idea is given personality, or described as if it were human |
Repetition | The return of a word, phrase, stanza, form, or effect in any form of literature |
Simile | A comparison made between two dissimilar things through the use of a specific word of comparison such as like, as than, or resembles |
Stanza | Each paragraph of a poem |