Quizlet Poetry

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  1. Alliteration: the repetition of the same initial sound in neighboring words
  2. Assonance: the repetition of the same vowel sound within neighboring words
  3. Consonance: the repetition of the same consonant sound within neighboring words
  4. Diction: word choice
  5. Free verse: a poem that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme
  6. Hyperbole: Use of exaggeration to make a point.
  7. Idiom: An expression that cannot be taken literally.
  8. Lyric poem: a relatively short poem that focuses on the thoughts or emotions of a single speaker
  9. Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use the words "like" or "as" to make the complarison.
  10. Narrative poem: a relatively long poem that tells a story
  11. Onomatopoeia: when words sound like what they are or do
  12. Personification: Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to something that is not human.
  13. Repetition: When a poet repeats words, phrases or lines in a poem to emphasize something or to MAKE A POINT.
  14. Rhyme scheme: a pattern of rhyming words at the end of the lines in a poem
  15. Rhythm: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in written or spoken language
  16. Simile: A comparison of two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
  17. Sonnet: a fourteen-line poem written in rhymed iambic pentameter
  18. Speaker: The imaginary voice that a poet uses when writing a poem. The speaker is the "narrator" of the poem.
  19. Symbolism: The use of symbols or things that represent something else.