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poetic terms
Term | Definition |
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simile | comparision using "like" or "as" |
onomatopoeia | where the word sounds like the word, eg hiss |
assonance | where words begin with the same vowel sound |
alliteration | where words begin with the same consonant sound |
image | visual picture in your mind |
metaphor | comparison not using like or as eg he was a bull of a man |
hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration |
irony | where one word is open top different meanings. a form of sarchasm |
stanza | verse of a poem |