Poetry Terms - Review

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What is an allusion?

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

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What is hyperbole?

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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What is connotation?

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All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

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What is an idiom?

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A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

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What is denotation?

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The dictionary definition of a word.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing, e.g., 'buzz', 'whisper', 'bang'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.