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| Similes | figures of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as |
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without the use of like or as |
| Personification | assigning human qualities to non-human things |
| Onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| Hyperbole | an expression of exaggeration |
| Symbolism | using an object to represent an idea |
| Puns | words with a humorous double meaning, a "play on words" |
| Idioms | expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of the individual words |
| Foot | the time period into which the beat of the poetic line is divided; made up of several syllables, some long and some short |
| Meter | refers to how the feet are put together to form lines of poetry |
| Rhythm | the pattern of long and short syllables in a poetic line |
| Lyrics | what poets write, the actual words used to form the framework of rhythm and meter |
| Mood | the overall feeling the poem creates |
