Poetry/Figurative Language Study Guide

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Giving human traits to non-living things.

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Personification

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Japanese poetry with 3 lines (5-7-5 syllables), often about nature.

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Haiku

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Comparison of two unlike things without "like" or "as".

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech using exaggeration for strong emotion or comic effect.

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Hyperbole

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Words that create a picture, helping you see, hear, smell, or taste what is written.

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Imagery

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Words that sound like their meaning.

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Onomatopoeia

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Same or similar sounds at the end of words.

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Rhyme

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Repetition of consonant sounds, often at the start of words.

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Alliteration

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A funny 5-line poem where the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme. Often starts with 'there once was...'

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Limerick

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Comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as".

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Simile