Poetic Terminology

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Gives human qualities to inanimate objects,animals and ideas
Personification
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Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
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The likeness of sound within the lines
Rhyme
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Pattern of Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
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Comparing one thing to another using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
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A direct comparison
Metaphor
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How the words appear within the poem, making up the separate divisions within the form
Lines
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The grouping of the lines
Stanzas
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All words that sound like what they refer to
Onomatopoeia
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Refers to the repeating ending consonant sounds of each word used
Consonance
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Similar to beats per measure in music
Meter
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Card 2

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Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

Back

Alliteration

Card 3

Front

The likeness of sound within the lines

Back

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Card 4

Front

Pattern of Rhyme

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Comparing one thing to another using the words "like" or "as"

Back

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