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Poetry Terms

simile. stanza. Poetry Terms. personification. imagery. hyperbole. metaphor. alliteration. form. onomatopoeia. Figurative Language:. any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject. Imagery.

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Poetry Terms

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  1. simile stanza Poetry Terms personification imagery hyperbole metaphor alliteration form onomatopoeia

  2. Figurative Language: any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject

  3. Imagery language that appeals to the senses; descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses

  4. Simile: a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

  5. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  6. Metaphor: an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of the verb “to be” (not using “like” or “as”)

  7. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  8. Personification: giving the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea

  9. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  10. Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words

  11. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  12. Onomatopoeia: the use of words that mimic sounds

  13. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  14. Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement used to heighten effect

  15. She soared through the sky a million or more miles. It rained cats and dogs!

  16. FORM the organization of words in a poem; the way the poem and its words look on a page

  17. STANZA: group of words in a poem (kind of like a poem paragraph)

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