Elements Of Poetry

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Alliteration-

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the reptition of thee same constant sound at the beginning of several words of a line of poetry or seentence.

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Assonance-

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deliberate reptition of identical or similar vowel sounds.

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Apostrophe-

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an address to a person absent or dead or to an abstract entity.

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Figurative Language-

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made up of all the tools that a poet uses to create a special effect or feeling. It includes mataphors, similies, alliteration, perrsonification, and onomatopoeia.

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Free Verse-

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poetry written without a regular ryme sheme or form.

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Hyperbole

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a bold deliberate overstatement or exaggeration.

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Idiom

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a common phrase made up of words that cant be understood
by a literal meanings

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Imagery

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language that appeals to the 5 senses

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Metaphor

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a direct comparison between to unlike things that DOES NOT use the words like or as.

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words that sound like the noises they describe.

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oxymoron

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a seeming condition in two words put together.

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paradox

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a statement or situation containing contridictory or incompatable elements but upon closer inspection may be true.

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personification

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giving human characteristics or abilities such as the ability such as here talk feel make desccions to something that is not human.

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repititon

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to repeat something

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simile

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a comparison between to unlike things that DOES USE like or as.

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stanza

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a group of lines set by a poem off by blank lines it usually develops one idea.

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tone

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the attitude the writer takes toward the audience the subject or character.

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voice

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the character or perspective that is taken on by a writer or poet that tells us who the speaker is.