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Poetry Vocab. Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | (n.) words that imitate the sound they are naming (Ex. Buzz) |
| alliteration | (n.) consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of words (Ex. Peter Piper Picked) |
| consonance | (n.) similar to alliteration but the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in th words (Ex. silken, sad, uncertain, rustling...the 's' sound is repeated) |
| assonance | (n.) repeated vowel sound in a line or lines of poetry (lake, fate) |
| simile | (n.) a comparison of two unalike things using 'like' or 'as' |
| metaphor | (n.) a direct comparison of two unalike things |
| extended metaphor | (n.) a metaphor that goes several lines or possibly the entire length of a work |
| hyperbole | (n.) exaggeration often used for emphasis |
| idiom | (n.) an expression where the literal meaning of the word is not the meaning of the expression; it means something other than what it is actually says (It's raining cats and dogs) |
| personification | (n.) an animal/object given human-like qualities |
| symbolisim | (n.) when a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents or stands for something else (heart symbolizes love) |
| allusion | (n.) comes for verb "allude" meaning "to refer to"; a reference to something famous |
| imagery | (n.) language that appeals to the senses |
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