Poetry Terms

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A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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simile

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Compares two unlike things by speaking of one thing as if it were another

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metaphor

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The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

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symbolism

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A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect.

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hyperbole

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A group of lines in a poem is called a

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stanza

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds: Susie sold sea shells down by the seashore.

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alliteration

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A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

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Allusion

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When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds.

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Assonance

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A figure of speech which gives animals, ideas, or inanimate objects human traits or abilities

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Personification

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem