| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Simile | a comparision using something you can't see (and emotion) with something familiar that you can see. Signal words: like, as |
| Metaphor | A comparison of something you can't see with something you can, but does not use like or as. More difficult to recognize, and have deeper meanings. |
| Personification | when a non-living (or sometimes not human) is given a human quality |
| Oxymoron | an apparent contradiction that seems to make sense and has underlying meaning that is readily apparent |
| Onomatopeia | the use of words to imitate sounds |
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonants to make either a predominantly hard or soft sound |
| Hyperbole | an extravagant exaggeration |
| Repetition | a key word or phrase repeated for emphasis |
| Rhyme | the last word of each line is labelled A,B,C etc. and each time a last word of a different line rhymes with it, that line is also labelled with the same letter. In this way, you establish a pattern of rhyme in a poem, and you can state what the rhyme scheme is |
| Imagery | creating pictures with words to make thoughts clearer |
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