Poetry Vocabulary Review

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The use of words that sound like what they mean.

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Onomatopoeia

Front

A comparison using the words "like" or "as".

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Simile

Front

How the poem makes the reader feel.

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Mood

Front

Language that gives human characteristics to a non-human object.

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Personification

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The repetition of sounds at the end of the word.

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Rhyme

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A type of poetry with no regular rhyming pattern, rhythm, or line length.

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Free Verse

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The use of words or phrases more than once for emphasis.

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Repetition

Front

The central message or lesson of a poem.

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Theme

Front

A comparison without using the words "like" or "as".

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Metaphor

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The narrator of a poem.

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Speaker