Elements of Poetry

Front

What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem or verse?

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Rhyme Scheme

Front

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Close, deliberate repetition of consonant sounds

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Alliteration

Front

The poet's attitude towards the subject of a poem

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Tone

Front

An exaggeration for effect

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Hyperbole

Front

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

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Personification

Front

A direct comparison between two unlike things, describing one thing as if it were something else

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Metaphor

Front

A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called:

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Simile

Front

The ideas and feelings that a word brings to mind

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Connotation

Front

The literal meaning of a word

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Denotation