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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| figurative language | Language that describes something in terms of something else. |
| simile | Comparing two unlike things using comparison words such as like, as, than or resembles. |
| metaphor | Comparing two unlike things without the use of comparison words. |
| extended metaphor | Comparing two unlike things throughout an entire piece or a large portion of a piece. |
| personification | A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing as talked about as if it were alive. |
| hyperbole | An exaggeration. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound in a sentence.. Similar to a tongue twister. |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words that imitate sounds. |
| Idiom |