Poetry Terms

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The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem. The character who tells the poem.

• Narrator

• Point of View

• Speaker

• Poet

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Two seemingly opposite concepts that are combined to create a new meaning

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

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

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

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When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds.

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

• Simile

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The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem: AABBA, ABACDC, etc.

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Rhyme Scheme

• Simile

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The use of words that imitate sounds: buzz, screech, hiss, bang, pow, boom, etc.

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Rhyme Scheme

• Onomatopoeia

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds: Feramisco’s funny family photos.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Onomatopoeia