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Poetry Terms English
For a poetry test on Friday December 5 2014. Ms.Poynter's English Class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Device | A way of achieving a particular purpose |
| Rhyme | Is the repetition of sounds at the end of words |
| Meter | Creates a pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables |
| Stanza | A grouping of words (paragraph) |
| Imagery | Is the use of sensory language-language that appeals to our senses of sound,touch,taste,smell,& sight |
| Simile | Compares two things using like or as |
| Metaphor | Compares two things without using like or as |
| Personification | Gives human qualities to non-human things |
| Hyperbole | Uses exaggeration |