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Poetry by Callum

Poetry Terms Defenitions

TermDefenition
Figurative Language Whenever you describe something to someone by comparing it to something else you are using figurative language, or when you use descriptive language. For example: Busy as a bee, or fluffy, puffy clouds
Literal Language When something means what it says, i.e. The cat ate his food.
Imagery Using the poem to evoke an image
Denotation The definition of a word
Connotation The feelings or thoughts associated with a word
Stanza A verse, or a collection of lines relating to each other; similar to a paragraph
Speaker The point of view at which the story is being told
Metaphor A comparison of two unlike things
Simile A Metaphor, however it uses the words like, or as
Personification Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing i.e. Stupid Vacuum!
Hyperbole To exaggerate
Symbol An item used to represent a concept, i.e. a war memorial, to represent the war
Irony An example being a fire hydrant on fire
Rhyme when the endings of word sound the same Bat, cat, and mat all rhyme
approximate about, roughly
Rhyme Scheme Demonstrates; with letters how the end of a poem rhymes I'm writing a poem about a cat A He likes to wear a silly hat A He got it from the grocery store B But lost it, and can't wear it anymore B
Rythm A regularly repeated sound pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
Allieration The repetition of a sound within a word.
Cacophony The mixture of hard sounds i.e. x,c,g,p,k
euphony The use of pleasant sounding words to create a good mood
onomatopoeia A word that describes a sound i.e. click, pow, drip, pop, bang
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