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Pacharis Poetry
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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onomatopoeia | word associated with a sound |
end rhyme | last word in each line has same end sound |
rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhyme |
internal rhyme | words within a line of poetry share end sounds |
alliteration | repetition of beginning sounds |
consonance | similar consonant sounds within adjacent words |
assonance | similar vowel sounds within adjacent words |
simile | comparison of two unlike objects using like or as |
hyperbole | exaggeration |
imagery | language that creates a visual image |
idiom | a figure of speech that one does not take for its literal meaning |
personification | an inanimate object is given human qualities |
metaphor | direct comparison between two unlike things |
symbol | when an object represents something else |
tone | writer's attitude |
allusion | referencing another piece of literature |
point of view | speaker's perspective |
line | unit of language in poetry |
stanza | group of lines in poetry |