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Poetic Techniques

TermDefinitionExample
Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word. seven swimming swans
Hyperbole Exaggerated expression used for dramatic or comic effect I've told you a million times I'm starving
Idiom A figure of speech that cannot be taken literally You're pulling my leg You're skating on thin ice
Imagery Language that describes something using words to create sensory image The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls. He watches from his mountain walls
Irony When something happens that is the direct opposite of what is expected Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink
Metaphor Compared two unlike things without using like or as Her eyes were pools of blue-green water
Meter A pattern of syllables in a poem Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
Onomatopoeia A word that mimics the sound it represents oink, bang, boom, crack
Personification Giving human qualities to animals or non-living things The moon looked down on her The branches reach for the sky
Rhyme Two or more words with the same similar sounds Jack and Jill went up the hill
Rhyme Scheme The pattern of the rhyme in a poem. ABAB, ABCB Mary had a little lamb A its fleece white as snow B everywhere that Mary went C the lamb was sure to go B
Simile Compares two unlike things using like or as His face was as pale as a ghost
Stanza A division or section of a poem
Created by: BexLearey
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