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Eng-12 Poetry Terms
VOCAB
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| A direct comparison between two unlike things | Metaphor |
| Another word for exaggeration | Hyperbole |
| Repetition of similar sounds | Rhyme |
| Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words | Alliteration |
| A poem's design | Free |
| words that stand for noises | onomatopoeia |
| repeated use of a word, sound, phrase, or sentence | repetition |
| attitude the writer takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character | tone |
| a comparison between two unlike things using like or as | Simile |
| giving human characteristics to inanimate objects | Personification |
| speaker or perspective taken by a writer | point |
| obvious stretching of the truth | exaggeration |
| reference to something outside of the poem, usually another piece of literature | allusion |
| a common phrase made up of words that can't be taken for their literal meaning | Irony |
| something that stands for something else | symbol |
| feeling created by the author | Mood |
| language that appeals to the five senses | Imagery |
| grouping of lines | Stanza |
| the musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables | rhythm |