Poetry and Literary Devices

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Haiku

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3 lines, syllables 5/7/5, usually about nature

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Limerick

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5 lines, rhymes on line 1-2-5 and 3-4, silly

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Free Verse

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Does not rhyme, tells a story

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Rhyme Verse

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Has a distinct rhyming pattern

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Metaphor

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Compares two unlike things by saying one is the other

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Simile

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Compares two unlike things using like or as

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents

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Idiom

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A phrase that has a different meaning than what is being said

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration that cannot be true

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Personification

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Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human