Epic Poems and Figurative Language

A term that describes a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• irony

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A term that compares two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another completely different object or thing. It does not use like or as.

• Is it onomatopoeia?

• Could it be a metaphor?

• Is it a simile?

• Or is it assonance?

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A term that is defined as:  

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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A term for giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• imagery

• irony

• personification

• hyperbole

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An expression that means something totally different than the literal interpretation of its words would suggest.

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• irony

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A riddle that uses words or phrases in ways that may not be literal, making the riddle more interesting. What is this technique called?

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

• Irony

• Hyberbole

A term that means using 5 senses in such a way that it helps you see a picture in your mind.

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Repetition

• Metaphor

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A term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words? It's a fun way to make your poems sound cool!

• assonance

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

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A term for the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together

• assonance

• alliteration

• irony

• metaphor

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A term that means a word that describes sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, like boom or splash.

• irony

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

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