Poetry terms Word Scramble
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Poetry terms | definitions of poetry terms |
metaphor | implied comparison of two unlike things |
simile | "As water reflects a man's face, so the heart reflects the man." |
adjective | a word which describes a noun or pronoun |
assonance | bad/applie...can/amber |
alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
rhyming couplet | AABB |
rhyme | recurring end sounds at the ends of lines |
internal rhyme | one or more rhyming words within a line |
literal language | language that is real, original, and exact |
enjambment | where lines of poetry are not stopped at theend, but run over into the next line |
poem | a composition in verse |
poet | expresses oneself with beauty of thought and language |
point of view | answers the question "who?" |
imagery | words used to create a picture or image in the mind |
theme | a statement about life or human nature |
meter | the pattern of accented/unaccented syllables |
sonnet | a 14 line poem, often with love as the subject |
tone | the way something is said |
rhetorical question | a question only asked to emphasize a point |
figurative language | the use of language beyond its literal meaning |
personification | giving living qualities to a non-living thing |
onomatopaeia | barnyard noises |
sibilance | the recurrence of sounds known as sibilants which hiss (s, sh, c, z, ch) |
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mmerrima
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