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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two things by directly calling one thing another |
| Personification | To give objects, things ,or animals human characteristics |
| Rhyme scheme | The rhyming pattern of a poem such as ABABA |
| Alliteration | Repetition of an initial sound |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like the sound they name such as snap, crackle ,or pop |
| Verse | A group of lines in a poem |
| Lines | Rows of word |
| Figurative language | Words that create vivid pictures |
| Repetition | Repeating patterns of sounds, words, phrases, or lines |
| Rhyme | Repetition of the final sound such as cat, hat, bat or rat |
| Rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Sensory language | Words that describe how objects look, feel, smell, sound, or taste |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Spoonerism | The transportation of usually initial sounds in a pair of words(from William Archibald Spooner who was famous for these verbal slips) |