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Poetry
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | The beginning of two or more words in close connection with the same letter, or the same sound. |
| assonance | The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a passage. |
| couplet | A two-line pair of rhymed iambic pentameter lines. |
| figurative language | Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal level of what is being expressed, used to create effects, emphasize ideas, and evoke emotions. |
| free verse | Verse that doe not contain regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme. It shows a rhythm more like that of everyday speech. |
| hyperbole | The literary term for exaggeration, the overstating of something for emphasis. |
| imagery | The descriptive words and phrases a writer uses to re-create sensory experience by referring to "concrete" objects, scenes, actions, or states. |
| onomatopoeia | Sound effect words that echo their meaning. |
| simile | A comparison between two different objects using "like" or "as". |
| metaphor | A comparison that states something IS something else. |
| personification | Giving human traits to non-human objects. |