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Pacharis Poetry
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | word associated with a sound |
| end rhyme | last word in each line has same end sound |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhyme |
| internal rhyme | words within a line of poetry share end sounds |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning sounds |
| consonance | similar consonant sounds within adjacent words |
| assonance | similar vowel sounds within adjacent words |
| simile | comparison of two unlike objects using like or as |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| imagery | language that creates a visual image |
| idiom | a figure of speech that one does not take for its literal meaning |
| personification | an inanimate object is given human qualities |
| metaphor | direct comparison between two unlike things |
| symbol | when an object represents something else |
| tone | writer's attitude |
| allusion | referencing another piece of literature |
| point of view | speaker's perspective |
| line | unit of language in poetry |
| stanza | group of lines in poetry |