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| poetry | literature in its most intense, most imaginative, and most rhythmic form. Uses sound devices and figurative language. Deals with feelings. and emotions. |
| imagery | language that appeals to any one of the senses |
| simile | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that does not use a comparative word |
| personification | a metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human |
| alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| simile | "He is as strong as an ox" is an example of which term? |
| metaphor | "She is my sunshine" is an example of which term? |
| onomatopoeia | Snap, crackle and pop are examples of which term? |
| personification | "The tree cradled the nest in its arms" is an example of which literary term? |
| hyperbole | a gross exaggeration for humorous effect |
| internal rhyme | occurs within a line when two words have similar sounds |
| allusion | reference to a famous person, place or event in a literary work |
| end rhyme | repetition of similar sounds that come at the ends of lines of poetry |
| free verse | poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form. |
| lyric poem | a short poem that directly expresses the poet’s thoughts and emotions in a musical way |
| narrative poem | tell stories. usually have all the elements of a short story: character, setting, conflict, plot |
| rhyme | rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in words: hat/cat/mat/sat. |
