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Literary Terms for P
Literary Terms for Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | The repetion of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| connotation | the feelings and associations that a word suggests; tiny |
| description | The kind of writing that creates a clear image of something; using details that appeal to the senses |
| free verse | Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| metaphor | comparing two things without using like or as |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds echo their sense |
| poetry | a kind of rhythmic compressed language that uses figures of speech and imaginary things |
| refrain | a group of words repeated at intervals in a poem, song, or speech |
| rhyme | the repetition of accented vowel sound and all sounds following them in the words close together in a poem; crumble tumble |
| personification | a figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were alive. |
| rhythm | a musical quality produced by the repetition or stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of the other patterns |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| speaker | the voice talking in the poem |
| stanza | in a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit |
| symbol | a person a place a thing or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself |
| tone | the attitude that a writer takes to warn the audience, a subject or a character |
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