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Poetry
1st Year English
Term | Definition |
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Theme | The subject or topic of the poem |
Image | A picture created by the poet for the poem |
Metaphor | Comparing two things without like or as |
Simile | Comparing two things using like or as |
Assonance | Repetition of a vowel |
Alliteration | Repetition of a constants at a start of a word |
Personification | Giving human traits/emotions to inanimate objects |
Rhyme | When two words sound like each other |
Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like the word its describing |
Sibilance | Repetition of a 's' sound |