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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry | written in lines and stanzas |
| meter | the rhyme or repeating pattern |
| rhyme | the pattern of beats in the lines of poetry |
| free verse | poems that don't rhyme and don't have a regular rhyme |
| personification | giving human characteristics or traits to a non-living thing |
| alliteration | repetition of the same or very similar consonant in a poem |
| hyperbole | an extreme exageration |
| onomatopoeia | words that are described as a sound |
| prose | ordinary writing |
| stanza | a paragraph in a poen |
| simile | use like or compare |
| metaphor | comparison without like or as |
| end rhyme | words at the end of the sentence rhyme |
| allusion | referring to something else |