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Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | is the repetition of the same words at the beginning of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables |
| assonance | the repeating of the same or similar vowel sounds |
| consonance | is the repetition of consonant sounds |
| figurative language | the use of words in an imaginative way to express meanings beyond the literal |
| hyperbole | is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to create a special effect |
| imagery | is the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions |
| metaphor | is a comparison between two unlike things that does not include the word like or as |
| meter | is the basic rhythmic structure in verse, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| onomatopoeia | is the use of words that sound like what they mean (e.g., crunch, buzz, purr) |
| personification | a figure of speech where something non-human is given human qualities |
| refrain | a line, part of a line, or a group of lines repeated in a poem or song |
| repetition | is a sound technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis |
| rhyme | is the occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words |
| rhyme scheme | is the pattern of rhyming lines |
| sensory language | the words the author uses to help the reader experience the five senses |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two dissimilar things using like or as |
| stanza | a group of lines, usually in a regular pattern, that forms a division in a poem or song |
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