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Metaphor

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To give an inanimate object human characteristics/ qualities

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Simile

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Sounded with a hissing effect, for example ‘s, sh’

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Personification

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When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

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Onematipia

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The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

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Sibilance

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A vivid description that appeals to a readers’ senses to create an image or
idea in their head

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Alliteration

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Another word for verse (paragraph within a poem)

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Imagery

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Comparing two things by saying they are each other

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Rhyme

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The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close

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Tone

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Words that sound the same as what they represent

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Stanza

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Repetition of the same consonant sounds

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Consonance

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The attitude/ mood expressed within a poem

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Enjambment

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To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

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