Figurative Language in Poetry
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DanielleKrefft on March 13, 2011
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english, poetry, figurative language
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 simile | A figure of speech that uses like or as to directly compare two seemingly unalike things. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech that compares or equates two basically different things. |
| narrative | A poem that tells a story. Usually includes a setting, character, action and conflict. |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given the characteristics of a human being. |
| onomatopoeia | The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. |
| concrete language | Specific words that appeal to the five senses and are used to create images. |
| imagery | Language that appeals to the senses. It is the combination or collection of images in a literary work. |
| idioms | Phrases in out language that say one thing but mean something else. |
| lyrics | A poem that expresses a personal thought or emotion. Most are short, musical and full of vivid images. |
| free verse | Poetry that has irregular rhythms and line lengths. Most don't rhyme and they reflect the rhythms of everyday speech. |
| assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds. |
| alliteration | The repetiton of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words. |
| rhythm | The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem. |
| rhyme | The repetition, in two or more words, of stressed vowel sounds and consonants that come after them. |
| implied theme | A theme not stated directly in the work but is suggested by the work's other elements. |
| stated theme | A theme that the author expresses directly in the work. |
| end-stopped lines | In poetry, a line in which a pause occurs naturally at the end of the line. |
| run-on lines | In poetry, a line in which the meaning continues beyond the line. |
| couplets | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. |
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