Poetry Vocabulary

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An extreme exaggeration is a

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hyperbole

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A comparison of two unlike things using like or as is?

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simile

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A group of lines in a poem is called?

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stanza

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Using words or phrases that create a mental picture is

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imagery

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A poem that tells a story is

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narrative poem

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A poem with no rhyme is

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free verse

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Repetition of the same beginning sound in neighboring words

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alliteration

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Words that have the same ending sound

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rhyme

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A poem with a shape that suggests its subject

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shape poem

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Words that sound like the sounds they make

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onomatopoeia