Figurative Language & Poetry

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things in which 'like' or 'as' is used.

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Metaphor

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Comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common; does NOT use like or as.

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Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.

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Personification

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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

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Idiom

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A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words.

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Allusion

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A reference in literature (or in visual or performing arts) to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words.

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza; usually indicated by the same letter of the alphabet to each similar sound.

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Stanza

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A recurring grouping of two or more verse lines of the same length, metrical form, and often rhyme scheme.