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Poetry Terms

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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METAPHOR

COMPARE TWO THINGS NOT USING THE WORDS "LIKE" OR "AS"

SIMILE

COMPARES TWO THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

PERSONIFICATION

PUTTING HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC ON SOMETHING NOT HUMAN.

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY

ALLITERATION

THE REPEATING OF FIRST LETTER SOUNDS

ONOMATOPOEIA

THE USE OF WORDS TO SHOW SOUNDS

ALLUSION

WHEN A STORY MOVIE OF SONG MAKES A REFERENCE TO ANOTHER STORY, MOVIE OF SONG.

IDIOM

AN EXPRESSION THAT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS WRITTEN