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Poetry Terms
Question | Answer |
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A word that imitates the sound it represents | Onomatopoeia |
The repetition of single letter sounds in the words next to them | Alliteration |
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels | Consonance |
The repetition of vowel sounds, not consonants | Assonance |
A set of two lines, where the last two words rhyme | Couplet |
A very long poem that tells the tale of a heroic figure | Epic |
Comparing two unlike things and NOT using like or as | Metaphor |
How lines are stressed in a poem or the rhythm in a poem | Meter |
Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as | Simile |
A 14 line poem in iambic pentameter with structured rhyme | Sonnet |
The short section of a longer poem | Verse |
A song that often includes forms of poetry | Rap |