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Poetry Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| metaphor | direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| simile | direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to nonhuman things |
| alliteration | repetitive same beginning sounds |
| onomatopoeia | sound effects put into words |
| symbolism | using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea |
| rhyme | repetition of accented vowel sounds |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line of a poetry |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of end line rhymes |
| meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| refrain | repeated sound , word, phrase, line or group of lines |
| imagery | mental picture created by language appealing to the senses |
| theme | main idea |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| rhythm | the beat created by repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| consonance | repetition of same ending sounds |