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Poetry Terms

Hyperbole Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration The books weigh a ton. I could sleep for a year. I have a million things to do.

Personification Personification: When a non-living object has been given qualities of a person The wind whispered through the trees The moon danced on the water “Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie.”

Figurative Language Simile: A comparison of two nouns using the words like or as “My love for you is like a red, red rose” Metaphor: A comparison of two nouns saying that one thing is another “All the world is a stage”

Figurative Language cont. A Symbol: a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well. Examples: the American flag symbolizes freedom, liberty, and love for America. A wedding band symbolizes_______. A white flag symbolizes__________.

Figurative Language cont. Prominent Symbols in Literature The Four Seasons: Spring: birth, rebirth, new beginnings, new life, etc. Summer: the prime of life, youthful, energetic, growing Fall: the decline, the approach of death, getting old Winter: death, the end of life, something comes to an end Day: life, goodness, knowledge, honesty, happiness, energy, purity, positive, light, understanding, clarity Night: death, evil, darkness, mystery, bad, the end, scary, uninformed, unknown

Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work Powerful use of the 5 senses Example: “The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.”

Rhythm Repetition: The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea “And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” –Robert Frost, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” “The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.” –Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”

Refrain A refrain is a repeated part of a poem, particularly when it comes either at the end of a stanza or between two stanzas. Example: The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Onomatopoeia: The use of words whose sound makes one think of its meaning Wham! Bonk! Ding-dong “Cuckoo” Tick-tock “snap, crackle, pop”