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Poetry: Key Terms

Vocabulary for Poetry

TermDefinition
Interpret to explain or figure out something
Poet author of a poem
Figurative Language language used by authors to create a picture in the reader's mind, (Poets use figurative/literary devices to say what they mean instead of using "regular" words
Simile a comparison made between two things that are really not alike except for one feature . A simile uses "like" or "as".
Metaphor a comparison made between two things that are really not alike except for one feature. A metaphor NEVER uses "like" or "as".
Personification a type of figurative language when a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
Alliteration the repetition of a beginning sound in words strung together
Onomatopoeia the use of sound words: "BANG, POP, CRASH, HISS"
Speaker the voice who is talking to us (the reader) form inside the poem
Imagery using descriptive words to create a visual image in the reader's mind. The image is usually described with words that appeal to five senses-so the object or event seems more real to the reader (=easier to create image in mind)
Hyperbole an exaggeration (I am so hungry. I can eat a horse)
Created by: mayaginsberg
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