Poetic and Rhetorical Review

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What is alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same first letter or sound in nearby words.

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Define imagery.

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Using visually descriptive language to create mental images.

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What is an analogy?

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A comparison between two things that have some similarities.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.