Poetry Vocab

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Rhythmic, compressed language using figures of speech and imagery to evoke emotions.

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poetry

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Levels of meaning via personification, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, litote, etc.

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figurative language

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Comparison using "like" or "as"

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simile

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Comparison without 'like' or 'as' is:

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metaphor

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A figure of speech where an object or animal is given human traits.

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personification

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Meaning recognized by a culture

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symbols

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Repetition of sounds at the end of words

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rhyme

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Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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rhyme scheme

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Beat from words in a poem

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rhythm

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds

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assonance