Poetry Vocabulary

Front

Comparing two things using like or as?

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Simile

Front

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

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Alliteration

Front

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

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Alliteration

Front

Creates a picture in the reader's head.

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Imagery

Front

Comparing two things NOT using like or as.

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Metaphor

Front

A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated.

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Meter

Front

Sound Words

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Giving things that are not human, the personalities or actions of humans.

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Personification

Front

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem

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Repetition

Front

Words that end in the same sound, and rhyme

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Alliteration