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Poetry Terms
10/26/10
Question | Answer |
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metaphor | a comparison between 2 things without using like or as |
simile | a comparison between two things using like or as |
personification | giving non human items human characteristics |
symbol | something that stands for itself and something larger |
metonymy | a figure of speech in which something closely related to a thing or suggested by it is subtituted for the thing itself |
alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds that are close together |
consonance | the repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds |
internal rhyme | rhyme which occurs within a line of poetry |
tone | an authors attitude tward what he/she has written |