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poetry vocab: 2
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| figurative language | wordsand phrases that help the reading picture things in a new way |
| simile | comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a direct comparison oftwo unlike things without "like" or "as" |
| personification | a description of animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities |
| speaker | the voice that talks to the reader, similar to a narrator |
| theme | the message the poet gives the reader |
| alliteration | repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| onomatopoeia | useof words whose sound suggest their meaning |
| meter | measured pattern of the rhythm of the poem |
| mood | feeling a poem gives the reader |