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poetry terms
first test
Question | Answer |
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personification | figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object (human) |
onomatopeia | the use of words to describe sound example: pop, hiss, crack |
meter | the regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables |
metaphor | comparison between two things |
imagery | consists of descriptive words or phrases |
hyperbole | figure of speech/ truth is exaggerated |
assonance | repetition of VOWEL sounds (cuss) |
allusion | indirecr reference to another literary work (indirect...) |
alliteration | repetition of constant sound |
rhyme | the occurence of the same or similar sound (sound...) |
rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhyme in a poem |
simile | a figure of speech that makes comparison using like or as |
stanza | a grouping of 2 or more lines in a pattern that is repeated |