Poetry Vocab Flashcard

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Repeating sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem:

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repetition

Front

A word that represents something beyond itself:

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symbolism

Front

Feeling from reading

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mood

Front

Word that sounds like what it describes

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Onomatopoeia

Front

A phrase comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

Front

Direct comparison of two unlike things sharing a quality

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metaphor

Front

Human qualities given to an animal, idea, or object

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personification

Front

Final vowel sound matching in words

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rhyme

Front

Beat of the poem

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rhythm

Front

Repeating beginning consonant sounds in a phrase

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alliteration