Figurative Language/Poetic Terms Flashcard

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Using language to create a particular effect is known as ______.

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Figurative Language

Front

What is an extreme exaggeration to make a point called?

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Hyperbole

Front

The primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem is called ______.

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Imagery

Front

A comparison of two unlike things is known as ______.

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Metaphor

Front

Which term describes when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

To give human qualities to something that is not human is called ______.

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Personification

Front

Which term refers to the specific words an author chooses?

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Diction

Front

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as is called a ______.

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Simile

Front

What is a couplet?

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Two rhymed lines of poetry

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A quatrain consists of ______ lines of poetry.

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four