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poetry
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Question | Answer |
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poetry | an expression of ideas or feeling in words |
line | a group of words arranged into a row |
stanza | is a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
rhyme scheme | this is a pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song |
onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds |
alliteration | the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words |
rhyme | the occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words |
repetition | a sound device in which sound,words or phrases are repeated |
rhythm | the beat and movement of language |
personification | a figure of speech in which a nonhuman is given human attributes |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which to things are compared by saying one is the other |
simile | two things are compared by using the words like or as |
hyperbole | a figure of speech in which someone exaggeration is used for emphasis |
imagery | the authorĀ“s use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind |