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Poetry Terms
| Clue | Poetry term |
|---|---|
| The REPETITION of CONSONANT sounds at the BEGINNING of words | alliteration |
| consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five SENSES | imagery |
| COMPARISON of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common | metaphor |
| use of words whose SOUNDS echo their meanings | onomatopoeia |
| the giving of HUMAN qualities to an animal, object, or idea | personification |
| a technique in which a sounds, word or phrase, or line is REPEATED for EMPHASIS or UNITY | repetition |
| PATTERN of END rhymes in a poem | rhyme scheme |
| a type of NARRATIVE poem that tells a STORY, often with REPEATED refrain; generally MEANT TO BE SUNG or recited | ballad |
| a SERIOUS, MOURNFUL, melancholy lyric poem mourning a DEATH or a great LOSS | elegy |
| a LONG narrative poem that tells the STORY of a HERO and his adventures | epic |
| poetry with NO FIXED PATTERN or meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement | free verse |
| a LONG LYRIC poem that CELEBRATES something, someone, or some event in life | ode |
| a lyric poem that consists of 14 LINES -- usually with strict patterns of rhyme; often written in IAMBIC pentameter | sonnet |
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