Poetry - Part I Matching 

Match the terms with their definitions. 

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The use of description and figurative language to create mental images.  

A group of lines in a poem that shares a common idea and is separated by one blank space.  

A figure of speech that suggests something is similar because of its characteristics, but does not use like, than, or as.   

A line of poetry arranged in a rhythmic pattern.   

Two or more words that have the same ending sound.   

A figure of speech that uses like, than, or as to compare two things that are different.  

Literature that is written in rhythmic stanzas using figurative language and imagery to express ideas and feelings.  

Description of a person or thing using human characteristics.   

An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing.  

Poetry that does not have a regular rhythmic pattern and usually does not rhyme.   

A poem that contains fourteen lines and a set structure.  

a.  poetry 

b. verse 

c. simile 

d. personification 

e. imagery 

f. free verse

g. rhyme 

h. stanza 

i. sonnet 

j. metaphor 

k. allusion 

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