Poetry Terms

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Idiom

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Words or phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Synonym

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A word or phrase that means the same thing as another word.

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Pattern (in poetry)

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The 'end rhymes' of poems; the poem follows a specific rhyming of words at the end of each line shown by capital letters.

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Antonym

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A word with the opposite meaning of another word.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate the natural sounds of a thing, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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Personification

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.