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Literary Terms in

Explore and understand the various literary terms used in poetry, including allusion, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, onomatopoeia, and more. Enhance your understanding of poetic techniques and language.

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Literary Terms in

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  1. Literary Termsin • Poetry

  2. WHAT IS A reference to a historical figure, place, or event?

  3. ALLUSION A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.

  4. ALLUSION The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.

  5. WHAT IS A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor?

  6. Hyperbole A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

  7. Hyperbole He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.

  8. WHAT IS A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”?

  9. SIMILE A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.

  10. SIMILE My love is like a red, red rose.

  11. WHAT IS A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”?

  12. METAPHOR A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.

  13. METAPHOR The eyes were daggers that cut right through me.

  14. WHAT IS Human characteristics given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas?

  15. PERSONIFICATION Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.

  16. PERSONIFICATION My stereo walked out of my car.

  17. WHAT IS The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet?

  18. Speaker The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.

  19. WHAT IS A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would)?

  20. Stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).

  21. Stanza

  22. WHAT IS The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses?

  23. IMAGERY The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

  24. IMAGERY Cold, wet leaves floating on moss-colored water.

  25. WHAT IS A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes?

  26. Onomatopeia A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

  27. Onomatopoeia Boom! Crash!

  28. WHAT IS The overall emotional feeling of a work?

  29. MOOD The overall emotional feeling of a work.

  30. MOOD

  31. WHAT IS A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory (opposing/opposite) terms?

  32. Oxymoron A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.

  33. Oxymoron • Jumbo Shrimp

  34. WHAT IS The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry?

  35. END RHYME The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.

  36. END RHYME

  37. END RHYME END RHYME can create a RHYME SCHEME!

  38. WHAT IS The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry?

  39. INTERNAL RHYME The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.

  40. INTERNAL RHYME “We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.” Or “Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.”

  41. WHAT IS A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical?

  42. SLANT RHYME A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.

  43. SLANT RHYME

  44. SLANT RHYME Which words make up the slant rhyme? As we walked up to the place She entered, face locked in a daze.

  45. WHAT IS The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza?

  46. Rhyme Scheme The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

  47. Roses are red. a Violets are blue. b Sugar is sweet, c and so are you. b • Rhyme Scheme

  48. What is The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.

  49. REPETITION The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.

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