Poetry

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_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

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mood

Front

Hyperbole is..

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An exaggerated comparison for effect.

Front

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

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Alliteration

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A ________________ implies the comparison instead of directly stating it.

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metaphor

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Poets use _______________________ to write about an idea, an object, or an animal as if it were human.

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personification

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______________ uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.

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simile

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Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

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Imagery

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_________________ uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud.

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onomatopeia

Front

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

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Rhythm

Front

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

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Stanzas