Poetry Terms - Schulte 7LA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two different things using like or as |
| metaphor | figure of speech comparing two different things |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| irony | the contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens |
| symbolism | a device in literature where an object represents an idea |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| imagery | descriptions that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
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