Alliteration
Starting three or more words with the same sound. Example: The crazy crackling crops
Assonance
A repetition of vowel sounds within syllables with changing consonants. Example: Tilting at windmills
Cliche
An overused word or phrase. Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Homonym
A word that has the same spelling (or different spelling but same sound) as another, but has a different meaning or origan.
Hyperbole
A large exageration, usually used with humor. Example: The fish was a football field and a granny long.
Idiom
A language familiar to a group of people. Example: Ya'll comin' to da party tonight?
Metaphor
A word or phrase used to have a completely different meaning. Example: Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" being a constant reminder of his loss and not truly a raven.
Onomatopoeia
A word imitating a sound. Example: 'buzz', 'moo' and 'beep'
Penultimate syllable
The next to last syllable of a word.
Rhyme
Similarity of sound in the last syllable. Example: Spoon and Toon
Simile
An expression that compares one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'. Example: The milk tasted like pickles.
Synechdoche
The metaphorical or rhetorical substitution of a whole for a part or vice versa. Example: Counting 'heads' as cattle.
Tercet
A group of three lines, often rhyming together or with another tercet.
A poetry dictionary to keep handy.
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How convenient! Thanks for compiling all these together!
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Thankyou for this will be a handy tool of reference
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This is helpful. Thanks for posting it.
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I definetly found this handy, and I'm glad this helps. LL
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Thank you. This is helpful. I am not very well educated in poetry, but it is something I have been reading up on and trying to learn more about.
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Thank you, LadyLavander for this info.
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