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Poetry Terms
Figurative Language & Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simile | Making a comparison between two or more things using like or as. |
| Metaphor | Making a direct comparison between two or more things not using like or as. Sometimes using the words is or was. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of sound in a line of literature. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word whose sound reflects its meaning. |
| Hyperbole | Using exaggeration to make a point. |
| Idioms | Are phrases which people use in everyday lanugage which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean. |
| Allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts. |
| True Rhyme | Words which end with the same sounds, usually at the end of lines. |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme within a line. |
| Near/half Rhyme | Slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds. (example - hill/full) |
| Eye Rhyme | Words that look like they rhyme, but do NOT rhyme. |
| Irony | A weird coincidence |