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Poetry Terms grade 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rise and fall of our voices as we use language | rhythm |
| regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | meter |
| does not have a regular pattern of stresses | free verse |
| marking stressed and unstressed syllables | scanning |
| repetition of the sound of a stressed syllable and any unstressed syllables that follow | rhyme |
| rhymes that occur at the end of lines | end rhymes |
| rhymes that occur within lines | internal rhymes |
| pattern of rhymes | rhyme scheme |
| repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together | alliteration |
| words with sounds that echo their senses | onomatopoeia |
| compares two unlike things using specific comparison words such as "like" or "as" | simile |
| directly compares two unlike things without the use of a specific comparison word | metaphor |
| giving human or living qualities to nonliving things | personification |
| language that appeals to the senses | imagery |
| pictures or images a reader uses senses to understand | sensory images |
| extreme exaggeration | hyperbole |