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Poetry Terms

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figurative languageThe use of words, symbols and ideas to invoke mental images.
symbolAn image transferred by something that stands for or represents something else.
personificationGiving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
alliterationThe repitition of initial or beginning sounds.
consonanceThe repitition of ending consonant sounds.
hyperboleAn overstatement or exaggeration.
assonanceThe repitition of vowel sounds within words.
internal rhymeMiddle rhyme; rhyme occuring in one line of poetry
onomatopoeiaGiving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
end rhymeRhyme occuring at the end of two different lines.


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