Poetry Terms Review

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What is Personification?

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A poetic device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

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Example of Personification: "The dish ran away with the spoon". What poetic device is this?

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Personification.

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What is a Metaphor?

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

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Example of Metaphor: "Rudy, you're an apple on a pine tree in a room full of lemons". What poetic device is this?

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Metaphor.

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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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Example of Simile: "You have to stop getting out of bed like you're an oil spill". What poetic device is this?

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Simile.

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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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Example of Alliteration: "Jerry Jordan's jelly jar and jam begin that way". What poetic device is this?

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Alliteration.

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What is Denotation?

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The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

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What is Connotation?

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The implied or associated meaning of a word, beyond its literal definition.