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Poetry Terms Wiggins

Practice poetry terms for quiz

TermDefinitionExample 1Example 2
Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as. On the road of life, you can expect a few bumps. You were a tiger on the soccer field today.
Repetition Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or effect. Break, break, break, on thy cold grey stones, O Sea. Oh where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh where have you been, charming Billy?
Rhyme Words that sound alike (either at the ends of different lines or in the middle and at the end of the same line). Little Jack Horner sat in a corner On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong!
Simile A comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as. My grandmother says she's as old as the hills. You were like a tiger on the soccer field today.
Personification Talking about something that's not alive as if it were human. The raindrops danced happily on the roof of the car. Angry storm clouds gathered on the horizon.
Alliteration Repeating the beginning consonant sounds of words. Conquering kings their titles take. Terrible true tales of teenage torment tantalized Tommy and Terry.
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect. I was so confused in math today my head exploded. My backpack weighs a ton.
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