Poetry Terms

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A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme or rhythm to create an emotional response

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Poetry

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The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter.

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Rhyme Scheme

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When lines are organized in units of meaning; always separated by extra white space.

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Stanzas

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A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

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Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell).

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Imagery

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A comparison between two unlike things, WITHOUT using the words like or as.

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Metaphor

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Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

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Personification

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A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.

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Simile

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The repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds in words that are close together.

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Alliteration

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Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas to reveal the familiar in surprising ways. Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, and allusion are all types of this.

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Figurative Language