Poetry Unit
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Simile - compares two different objects using "like" or "as"
Ex. He runs like the wind.
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Metaphor - compares two different objects without using "like" or "as"
Ex. The snow is a white blanket.
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Personification - gives a thing, idea, or an animal human qualities
Ex. The flowers are dancing in the breeze.
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Hyperbole - exaggeration of actions and ideas
Ex. Your backpack weighs a ton!!
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Figurative language - uses words or expressions different from the literal meaning
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Alliteration - words having the same beginning sound
Ex. Better butter bakes
batter better.
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Imagery - words or pictures that create a mental image for the reader often using the five senses
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Theme - life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated through a literary work
Ex. Good triumphs evil.
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Haiku - a three line poem with 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
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Assonance - repetition of vowel sounds
Ex. She feeds the deer.
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Analogy - a likeness between two things that are not alike
Ex. wings of a bird and the arms of a person
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Symbolism - a concrete thing that is meant to represent something else
Ex. Our flag represents the U.S.A.
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