Poetry Terms

Figurative language is

• not understood literally, with a deeper meaning
• words taken at their most basic meaning
• comparison to help understanding
• using the 5 senses in writing

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Marjorie is as quiet as a mouse

• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

My brain is an artifact that has never been found

• Metaphor
• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Allusions are based primarily on 

• personal intuition
• shared knowledge
• imaginative comparisons
• cultural symbols

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define the term Symbolism.

• Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
• a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named used for rhetorical effect.
• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
• A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
  
• To hint, imply, or suggest

A stanza is...

• A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
  
• Lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
  

What does hyperbole mean?

• Statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Non-Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.