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Poetry Terms Van Met
figures of speech and sound devices
Question | Answer |
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a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true | figure of speech |
an overstatement or exaggeration | hyperbole |
a comparision of two seemingly unlike things using "like" "as" "than" or "resembles" | simile |
a comparison of unlike things in which one thing is described as almost becoming another (example: My teacher is a beautiful rose.) | metaphor |
A nonhuman thing described as if it had human traits or abilities | personification |
"My friend is a stubborn mule" is an example of a/an: | metaphor |
"A dream is like a mountain waiting to be climbed" is an example of a/an: | simile |
"She was so angry that steam came out of her ears" is an example of a/an: | hyperbole |
"The oak tree pointed to the sky" is an example of a/an: | personification |
the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning | onomatopoeia |
the rhymes at the ends of lines | end rhyme |
when two or more words repeat the same ending sound | rhyme |
the PATTERN of rhyme in a poem | rhyme scheme |
the same beginning consonant sounds | alliteration |