Poetry Terms

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Assonance

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Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses

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Imagery

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A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison.

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Metaphor

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The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Meter

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The use of words which imitate sound

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Onomatopoeia

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A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities

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Personification

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The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

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Repetition

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The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words

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Rhyme

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A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"

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Simile