Poetry Vocabulary

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A direct comparison between two things or ideas.

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metaphor

Front

Group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph.

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stanza

Front

A text in which the purpose is to use poetic form to explain feelings, sensory images, ideas, or stories.

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poetry

Front

When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence.

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alliteration

Front

Language that is not literal, usually comparing two things that do not, at first, seem to relate to each other.

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figurative language

Front

The essential tools a poet uses to add a musical quality to poetry; creates rhythm, mood, and meaning.

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poetic devices

Front

An indirect comparison of two different things using "like" or "as".

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simile

Front

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

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imagery

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Attributing human characteristics to animals, ideas.

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personification

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A word that sounds like the sound it makes.

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onomatopoeia