Poetry Terms

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What is personification?

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A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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What is an idiom?

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Words or phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.

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What is imagery?

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The use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poetry.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The central idea or message that the poet wants to convey.