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Poetic Terms 1
Poetic terms and their definitions
Question | Answer |
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Simile | a comparison of two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. |
Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
Personification | an inanimate object is given human like characteristic |
Hyperbole | a great exaggeration |
Alliteration | at the beginning of words, there is a repetition of consonants |
Assonance | anywhere in the words, there is a repetition of vowels |
Consonance | anywhere in words, there is repetition of consonant sounds |
Onomatopoeia | words that sound like the name of the word |
Repetition | words or phrases are repeated |
End Rhyme | At the end of lines, words rhyme. |
Internal rhyme | Words that rhyme are in the middle of the line. |