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Poetry practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a simile? | A figure of speech, comparison of one thing to another thing. |
| What is a Metaphor? | figure of speech that compares two thing with the world "like" or "as". |
| What is a Personification? | Something doing or using human emotions or living like a human. |
| What is a hyperbole? | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| What is Onomatopoeia? | Word to make it like a sound. |
| What is an Idiom? | A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words. |
| What is an Alteration? | The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. |
| What is Irony ? | A rhetorical device involving contradictions. |
| What is Imagery? | Uses descriptive language to create metal pictures that appeal to the senses. |
| What is Symbolism? | sing objects, Colors, or ideas to represent deeper meaning beyond the literal. |