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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poetry | Genre that uses rhyming/non-rhyming words to express feelings and thoughts. |
| verse | A Line in a poem. |
| rhythm | Likeness of sounds or pattern of beats. (meter) |
| stanza | Group of lines in a poem. (paragraph) |
| free verse | A poem that does NOT rhyme |
| lyric | MUSICAL verse that conveys powerful feelings |
| metaphor | Compares two things that aren't alike but have something in common |
| simile | Compares two things that aren't alike using the words “like” or “as.” |
| personification | To give qualities of a person to something that isn't human/or a living thing |
| alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound |
| onomatopoeia | Sound word |
| idiom | An expression that doesn't mean exactly what it says |
| hyperbole | exaggeration that cannot be true. |