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poetry review
Study this for reveiw in poetry.
Term | Definition |
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Alliteration | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of either poetry or prose. |
Hyprbole | Exaggeration used to emphasize a Point |
Imagery | When words create a sensory experience using the five senses. The words paint a picture that appeals to your senses. |
Internal rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry |
Metaphor | A comparison of two unalike things by stating one thing is something else. |
Onomatopoea | the use of words that imitate sound |
Personification | A thing, animal, or an abstract term is given human characteristics or qualities. |
Simile | A comparison of two things, connected by the words like or as. |
Symbol | An object used to represent an idea or a feeling. |
Rhyming couplet | A two line stanza in poetry, which tend to have lines of equal length and the last word in each line rhymes with the other line. |
Mood | The emotional quality of the poem. The feeling created by the poem. |
Tone | The writer’s attitude toward his/her subject. The tone may be playful, happy, serious… |
Rhyme | The repetition of sounds at the end of words. |
Rhyme scheme | The rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme in a poem. Each line has a letter. Each rhyme should match letters. |
Repitition | The use of more than once of words or lines. |
Off Rhyme | Partial or imperfect rhyme often using assonance or consonance only: dry died grown moon. |
Meter | A poetic measure arrangement of words in regularly measured patterned lines or versus. |
Assononce | In poetry the repetition of the sound of a vowel. |