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| onomatopoeia | the use of a word that sounds like its meaning:zoom, hone or boom |
| poetry | verbal composition designed to convey experiences ideas or emotions |
| simile | a comparison using the words like or as |
| pun | a joke that makes a play on words; she had a photographic memory, but never developed it |
| oxymoron | the use of two contradictory words for a special effect; bitter sweet |
| cliches | stereotypes that may or may not be true and are over used |
| alliteration | phrase or set of words that has the same consonant sound throughout |
| personification | giving human characteristics to nonhuman things |
| limericks | a poem of 5 lines often humorous in which the 1st, 2nd and 5 th lines rhyme |
| metaphor | not using like or as when comparing two things |
| irony | expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite |
| sonnet | a poem of 14 lines, using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes |
| assonance | repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds |
| imagery | words and details that create images and impressions in the reader's mind |
| haiku | a Japanese poem written with 17 syllables divided into three lines |
| ballad | a poem or song narrating a story |
| free verse | a verse that does not follow a fixed meter pattern |
| lyrics | having a form and musical quality of a song |
| hyperbole | an overstatement or an exaggeration that is used for emphasis |
| symbolism | an object used to represent an idea |
| consonance | a repetition of consonant sounds; it an occur anywhere within the words, not just the beginning |
