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Hersey Vocab
Sr. English Poetry Terms
Question | Answer |
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A very long poem that tells the tale of a heroic figure | Epic |
A word that imitates the sound it represents | Onomatopoeia |
Comparing two unlike things and NOT using like or as | Metaphor |
A type of song that often includes forms of poetry | Rap |
The short section of a longer poem | Verse |
The repetition of CONSONANT SOUNDS, not vowels | Consonance |
A set of two lines, where the last two lines rhyme | Couplet |
A 14 line poem in iambi pentameter with structured rhyme | Sonnet |
The repetition of a single letter sound, particularly wit the words next to each other | Alliteration |
The repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS | Assonance |
Comparing two unlike things USING the words like or as | Simile |
How lines are stressed in a poem or rhythm in a poem | Meter |