The repetition of similar consonant sound. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck.

The feelings and associations that a word suggests.

The kind of writing that creates a clear image of something, usually by using details that appeal to one or more senses.

Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme sceme.

Language that appeals to the senses.

An imaginative, comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.

The use of words who sounds echo their sense.

A figure of speech in which a non-human, non-living thing or quality as if it were a human or alive.

A kind of rhythmic, compresses language, that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to emotion and imagination.

A group of words repeated at intervals in a poem, song or speech.

The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close together in a poem.

A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed or unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns.

A comparison between two unlike thins using word such as like, as, than or resembles.

In a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit.

A person, place, thing or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well.

The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience a subject or a character.

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Question	Answer
Alliteration	The repetition of similar consonant sound. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck.
Connotation	The feelings and associations that a word suggests.
Description	The kind of writing that creates a clear image of something, usually by using details that appeal to one or more senses.
Free Verse	Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme sceme.
Imagery	Language that appeals to the senses.
Metaphor	An imaginative, comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
Onomatopoeia	The use of words who sounds echo their sense.
Personification	A figure of speech in which a non-human, non-living thing or quality as if it were a human or alive.
Poetry	A kind of rhythmic, compresses language, that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to emotion and imagination.
Refrain	A group of words repeated at intervals in a poem, song or speech.
Rhyme	The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close together in a poem.
Rhythm	A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed or unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns.
Simile	A comparison between two unlike thins using word such as like, as, than or resembles.
Speaker	The voice talking in the poem.
Stanza	In a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit.
Symbol	A person, place, thing or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well.
Tone	The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience a subject or a character.

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