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Characteristics of Poetry

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poetry
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
prose
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure; anything that's not poetry
figure of speech
word or expression that is not meant to be read literally
personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
hyperbole
a figure of speech in which great exaggeration is used
imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
rhyme
repetition of same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
end rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse; may assign different letter of alphabet to each new rhyme
rhythm
Pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry; sets the overall rhythm of certain poems
diction
An author or speaker's choice of words
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