| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of the first sound in word that are close ( mighty mouse mingles) |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| consonance | the same as assonance but with consonants |
| onomonopoeia | words that imotate sounds |
| rhyme | repetition of the last syllables sounds in words |
| near rhyme | words that kind of rhyme (love have) |
| internal rhyme | rhyming that occurs within the lines of it |
| end line rhyme | rhymes that occur at the end of the lines |
| rhyme schemes | abab,aabb,abcb,abba |
| rhythm | the beat that flows through a poem as determined by the arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables |
| trochaic | /u |
| annopestic | uu/ |
| dactic | /uu |
| monometer | one foot per line |
| simile | a comparison between unlike things using like as of than |
| figurative language | language that is not meant to be taken literally |
| metaphor | a comparison without using like as or than |
| personification | giving anything non human human characteristics |
| synecdoche | using part of something to represent the whole count |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
Combine with other sets
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