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poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of begining consonant sounds in words |
| Imagery | creates a picture in the reader's mind |
| meataphor | A comparison of two diffrerent things. doesn't use like or as |
| meter | A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repatetd |
| onomatopoeia | sound words |
| personifcation | giving things that are not humen the personalities |
| repetition | to repeat sounds words phrases or whole lines in a peom |
| rhyme | words that end in the same sounds end rhyme |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes |
| rhythm | the musical quality of a poem |
| smile | A compearsion of two unlike things using like or as |
| stanza | A divison in a poem named for the number of lines it contains |
| theme | the message about life that poem conveys |
| tone | the attitude or mood the author creates |
| hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration |