Figurative Language Flashcards - Dillon Pao
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Figurative Language
Words used in order to give you a particular idea or picture.
"And give you lightning and thunder as a dowry.
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Simile
Describes something by comparing it with something else using the words as or like.
"I would peal open the clouds like new fruit.
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Metaphor
Describe something by comparing it with something else using the words.
"I'm...an elephant, a ponderous house."
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Symbol
When an object or thing represents an idea.
"That Holy Water that you soak in has been poisoned".
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Personification
When an object or animal is described with human traits.
"The pepper pops out from the tomatoes with his eyes wide open"
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Imagery
Description that appeals to five scenes.
"Cold, blue, black space
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Hyperbole
A purposeful exaggeration to make a specific point.
"It took me a decade to walk up the stairs"
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Hyperbole
A purposeful exaggeration to make a specific point.
"It took me a decade to walk up the stairs"
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Rhyme
Two or more words sound the same because of the vowel sound. Include internal, external, and approximate/near rhythemes.
"The cat was in the hat"
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Alliteration
Repetition of the same constant sound for poetic effect.
"Jack juggles jugs to jazz"
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Onomatopoeia
Words or phrases that sound like what they describe.
"Buzzzzzzzzzzz, whuzzzzzzzzzzz, buzzzzzzzzzz"
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Repetition | Sounds, words and phrases repeated on purpose creates rhythm and emphasizes important ideas."A dog who barks is a dog who marks, a dog who bark is a dog who bites, a dog who barks is a dog who writes.
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Stanza | A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.
"Dillon is cool,
cool like a pool,
but he he may be a fool."
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Verse | Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm typically having rhyme."Jack is a dog,
who loves to sleep,
he can also weep,
and can jump like a frog."
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Free Verse
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
"Dillon and Conner love their dog,
Their dog is named Jack,
And he loves them back too."
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Meter
Regular rhythm of a poem like a drum beat, uses stressed and unstressed syllables.
Boom, boom boom, boom, boom boom, boom
(drum beats)
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