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Poetry Term Review

Can you identify the poetry terms by their definitions?

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sensory imageimage that appeals the 5 senses
similea comparison between 2 things using 'like or as'
metaphora comparison of 2 unlike things in which one is referred to as though it were the other
personificationfigurative language in which non-human things are given human characteristics
alliterationrepetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
onomatopoeiause of words that imitate sounds
stanzaa poetic paragraph containing one main idea
free versepoetry without a regular rhythm, meter, or rhyme
rhythmthe pattern of stresses or beats in written language
rhyme schemea regular pattern of rhymed words at the end of a line of poetry
sonneta lyric poem containing 14 lines with a particular stanza and rhyme pattern
metera rhythmical pattern determined by the number and types of stresses in a line of poetry
narrative poemtells a story and has all the elements of fiction
speakerthe narrator of a poem who may or may not be the poet


Speech-Language Pathologist
Central NJ (Edison, Metuchen, Iselin, Woodbridge, Rahway, etc.), NJ

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