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Poetry vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stanza | a group of lines |
| poet | the author of the poem |
| speaker | the narrator of the poem |
| repetition | repeating phrases or words |
| alliteration | repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| sensory language | words that describe something using the 5 senses |
| figurative language | phrases that have meanings which are different from the literal meaning |
| simile | comparing 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | comparing 2 unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as" |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human objects |