Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

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Literal Language

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realistic language

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Figurative Language

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uses metaphors, similes, and personification to describe things

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Sensory Language

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detailed language that shows how things taste, smell, feel, sound, and look

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Connotation

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a feeling or idea that a word gives

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Denotation

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a word’s “dictionary definition,” absent of emotion

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Adage

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The early bird gets the worm.

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Alliteration

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Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

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Allusion

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You’re acting like such a Scrooge!

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End Rhyme

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Off in the distance, a cowbell sounds, and an old tomcat sits and frowns.

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Hyperbole

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The new iPhone is ‘bigger than bigger.’