| Term | Definition |
|---|
| simile | indirect comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | direct comparison |
| personification | to give human characteristics to something that isnt |
| hyperbole | over exaggeration |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| 1 iambic, | 1 stress, 1 unstress |
| pentameter | 5 stress, 5 stress |
| ballad | narriative, poems originally songs |
| english sonnet | 14-line poem, but can be broken in quartrave c couplet |
| free verse | no meter, line short, irregular |
| italian sonnet | 14 line poem |
| limerick | 5 lines |
| lyric | short non narritive poem expresses thought or feeling |
| narrative | tells a story |
| stanza | group of lines |
| quatraine | 4 line stanza |
| octave | 8 line |
| couple | 2 line |
| internal rhyme | within the same line rhyme |
| onomatopoeia | word that represents a sound |
| alliteration | repeating of sounds at the beginning of words |
| assonance | same vouwel sound and different c sound |
| cacophony | harsh sound to create an effect |
| consonance | similairies in c sound not v |
| euphony | soft sound |
Combine with other sets
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