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Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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Simile | A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things |
Hyperbole | extravegent exaggeration |
Metaphore | a figure or speech that suggests a non-literal similarity |
Rhyme | correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines |
Rhythm | an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs |
Repetition | the act of doing or performing again |
Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word |
onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas |