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POETRY Figurative Language

POETRY Figurative Language. (Figure of speech). When I say figuratively and not literally!. “I think I just dodged a bullet!” Figurative Language is usually used in poetry. Writers use it to make their poems more lively!. ALLITERATION ONOMATOPOEIA METAPHOR HYPERBOLE PERSONIFICATION

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POETRY Figurative Language

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  1. POETRYFigurative Language (Figure of speech)

  2. When I say figuratively and not literally! “I think I just dodged a bullet!” Figurative Language is usually used in poetry.

  3. Writers use it to make their poems more lively! • ALLITERATION • ONOMATOPOEIA • METAPHOR • HYPERBOLE • PERSONIFICATION • SIMILE

  4. 1. ALLITERATION • The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginnings of words.

  5. 2. ONOMATOPOEIA • A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds such as buzz and hiss.

  6. 3. METAPHOR • A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another.

  7. He was a lion in battle. The world’s a stage.

  8. 4. HYPERBOLE • A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.

  9. 5. PERSONIFICATION • A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes.

  10. 6. SIMILE • A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word “like” or “as.”

  11. TYPES OF POEMS

  12. 1. ACROSTIC POEM • Verses or arrangements of words where certain words, such as the first and last letter is used to spell out a word or name.

  13. 2. CONCRETE POEM • A poem that forms a picture of the topic or follows the contours of a shape that is suggested in the topic.

  14. 3. BALLAD POEM • A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend.

  15. 4. RHYME POEM • The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, as in last and past.

  16. 5. EPIC POEM • A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure.

  17. 6. FREE VERSE POEM • Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.

  18. 7. CINQUAIN POEM • A poem that has 5 lines in which line 1 has a noun, line 2 has 2 adjectives, line 3 has action words, line 4 is based on feeling (phrases), and line 5 is a synonym of the title.

  19. 8. ODE POEM • A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure.

  20. 9. LIMERICK POEM • A light, humorous poem of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba.

  21. 10. COLOR POEM • A poem that describes a color.

  22. 11. HAIKU POEM • A Japanese lyric poem that has 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables and involves nature or seasons.

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