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Poetry terms

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repetitionrepeating words for effect
alliterationrepeating beginning consonant sounds
onomatopoeiawords created from sounds
personificationgiving human characteristics to non-human things
end rhymewords that sound alike at the end of a line of poetry
rhythmthe beat of a poem
similecomparison using "like", "as"
metaphora comparison between two unlike things
hyperboledeliberate exaggeration


8th grade English teacher
Blake Middle School
Medfield, MA

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