Poetry Vocab 1 Review

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A figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things, often using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

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Comparison of unlike things showing similarity

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metaphor

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Attribution of human-like qualities to something nonhuman.

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Personification

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Comparison of two things based on similarity.

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analogy

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Use of symbols to express ideas in literature, art, etc.

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symbolism

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Addressing an absent person or personified thing rhetorically

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apostrophe

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A statement referring to something indirectly.

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allusion

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Visually descriptive or figurative language in literature

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imagery

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A statement that seems contradictory yet may be true.

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paradox

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Words with opposite meanings

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oxymoron