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Vocab. Jan. 23-27
Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in words. Example: paid, same, make |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words. Ex: bring back the stack |
| personification | a description of non-human objects or ideas using human characteristics |
| pun | a play on words with similar sounds or on one word with multiple meanings. ex: some say i gave him the boot |
| symbol | an object, person, action, or situation that signifies more than itself |
| idiom | an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration that something either has much more or much less of a quality than it actually has |
| alliteration | the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words |
| imagery | mental pictures that are created with words |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things without the using like or as |
| oxymoron | a phrase that combines two seemingly contradictory elements |