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Poetry Elements Voc.
Term with Definition
Question | Answer |
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Rows of words | Line |
lines of poetry grouped together like a paragraph | Stanza |
a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" | Simile |
make things more dramatic than they really are, over the top description or comparison | exaggeration |
a diliberate use of exaggeration | hyperbole |
gives animals or objects human qualities- makes non-human things act like humans | personification |
the person (author)of a poem | poet |
the character that is talking in the poem | speaker |
the repeated sounds, or beat in a poem | rhythm |
two or more words that have the same ending sound | rhyme |
the repetition of the initial (fist) consonant sound in a series of words | allliteration |
the way a person speaks representing a particular group of people | dialect |
in general, a comparison of two things | analogy |
a vivid picture the poem paints in the readers mind | image |
word that can have more than one meaning like raise and raise | multiple meaning words |
the use of the same sound, word, or phrase, or line over and over on purpose | repitition |
words that appeal to any of the five senses: sight, hearing, feeling, smell, taste | sensory language |
something that represents something else | symbol |
element of the appearance of words, lines, stanzas or even the whole poem that add to the poems meaning. | visual elements |