Poetry Terms

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Poetry Terms & Poetic Devices
Alice Ankersmit
Flashcards by Alice Ankersmit, updated more than 1 year ago
Alice Ankersmit
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Alliteration Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
Assonance The repetition of similar vowels in successive words
Enjambment Continuation from one line of verse into the next line
Metaphor A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Rhyme Correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
Couplet A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Free Verse poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Foreshadowing The act of providing vague advance indications
Hyperbole Extravagant exaggeration
Onomatopeia Using words that imitate the sound they denote
Stanza A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Simile A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
Personification Attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
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