poetry terms
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SixthLanguageArts on January 27, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 poetry | a type of literature in which someone puts their thoughts and feelings......................................... |
| alliteration | the repetition of the initial consonant sound |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word that imitates the sound of what it represents |
| rhyme | two words that sound alike |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things not using like or as; saying something is something else |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human objects |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| idiom | an expression that is not literal in meaning |
| imagery | words that help you to imagine something using your five senses |
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