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poetry
Term | Definition |
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Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
Stanza | A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains |
Theme | The message about life that the poem conveys |
Tone | The attitude or mood the author creates |
Hyperbole | A deliberate exaggeration |
Alliteration | The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words |
Imagery | Creates a picture in the reader's mind |
Metaphor | A comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as |
Meter | A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated. |
Onomatopoeia | sound words |
Personification | Giving things that are not human the personalities of human |
Repetition | to repeat sounds words phrases or whole lines in a poem |
Rhyme | Words that end in the same sound end rhyme |
rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes |
Rhythm | The musical quality of a poem |