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poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | repetition of beginning constant sounds in a series of words. |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | Comparison of things NOT using like or as |
| Personification | Giving human traits to NON-human things |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration for effect |
| Idiom | Figure of speech where the literal meaning does not match the figurative meaning. |
| Rhyme | A correspondence of sounds or words in a line of verse |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhymes falling at the ends of a poems lines |