Elements Of Poetry
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Language Arts 8th Grade Mrs. Rodgers
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 metaphors | describe one thing as if it were something else |
| personification | gives human qualities to something nonhuman |
| similes | use like or as to compare two unlike things |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| repetition | is the repeated use of a sound, word, or phrase |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different vowel sounds |
| consonance | the repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds |
| onomatopoeia | is the use of words that imitate sounds like Pow! |
| rhyme | is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| rhythm | is the pattern of strong and weak beats, as well as pauses, in a poem. rhythm in music and poetry are similar |
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