Figurative Language Vocabulary Terms for Poetry Unit

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What is a rhyme?

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words with the same ending sound. E.g., tree, bee.

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Rhythm: a beat/pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables. Example: da da dadada da da dadada

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a beat and/or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Simile: Uses 'like' or 'as' to compare unlike things. Example: He is as quiet as a mouse.

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Simile: He is as quiet as a mouse.

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Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Repetition: lines or words that are repeated. Example: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…

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Alliteration: repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

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Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

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Personification: giving human qualities to non-human things.

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Example: The angry ocean swallowed the tiny ship.

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Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like the object or action they refer to. Example: Pow, Bang, Zap, Pop

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate sounds.

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Imagery: Words that create a mental picture. Example: Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

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Words that help paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

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Metaphor: compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. Example: She is a night owl.

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