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Poetry Terms
Poetry terms for final exam
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English
7th Grade
06/05/2009

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poetry
Definition
imaginative writing in which languages, images, sound, and rhythm combine to create a certain emotional effect
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words to imitate sounds
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metaphor
Definition
compares two unlike things; describes something as something else (direct comparison)
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simile
Definition
comparison using "like" or "as"
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stanza
Definition
a group of lines that forma a unit in a poem
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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rhyme
Definition
repetition of the same sounds usually at the end of words
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rhythm
Definition
pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
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personification
Definition
gives human-like qualities to something non-human
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repetition
Definition
element repeated (word, phrase, or line)
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meter
Definition
rhythm pattern -- look at the stressed and unstressed symbols
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