| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Imagery | A sensory rosponse that the languege of the poem produces in the mind of the reader |
| simile | Compares two unlike things using the words LIKE or AS |
| Metaphor | a comparision without using like or as |
| personifacation | The treatment of a non-human subject as if it were a human |
| Symbol | The use of an image to stand for something else |
| Onomatopoeia | Use ofa word tht sounds like what it is. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of constanent sounds. |
| Hyperbole | Uses exageration for special often humores effect |
| Rythm | the pattern of accented and unaccented sylables |
| Stanza | A series of poetic lines arranged together |
| Figurative languege | Comparisons between unrelated things and ideas |
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