Fig Language/Poetic Devices

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a stanza?

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

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What is internal rhyme?

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The rhyming of words within a single line of poetry, as well as at the end of the line.

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What is a limerick?

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A humorous poem with a specific rhyme scheme of AABBA.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing, e.g., 'buzz', 'sizzle'.

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What is a ballad?

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A form of verse, often a narrative set to music, that tells a story.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.