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Poetry
poetry definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to a reader's senses |
| Stephen King | Mrs. Shea's favorite author |
| hyperbole | using exaggeration for effect |
| denotation | the literal definition of a word |
| metaphor | a comparison of 2 unlike things states as a fact |
| personification | giving human characteristics to something not human |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
| connotation | extra images and associations that shade a word's meaning |
| onomatopoeia | words whose sounds echo their meanings |
| tone | the poet's attitude toward the subject |
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| poetry | a type of literature which words are chosen and arranged for effect |
| line | it might be a single word or sentence or part of a sentence |
| structure | the way a poem looks on a page |
| refrain | one or more lines repeated in each stanze of a poem |
| rhythm | the musical quality of a poem |
| stanza | a group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem |
| meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| repetition | a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line are repeated |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the end of words |
| speaker | the voice of a poem that talks to the reader |
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