Elements of poetry

Question 1

simile

give an example

Answer 1

comparing two things with like or as

Example: She ran as fast as a cheetah.

Question 2

metaphor

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Answer 2

Saying that one thing is something else

Example: She was a fish out of water.

Question 3

personification

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Answer 3

giving human traits to something that is not human

Example: The book was sitting on the shelf.

Question 4

alliteration

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Answer 4

Two or more words next to each other that begin with the same sound
Example: busy bee

Question 5

repetition

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Answer 5

words or phrases repeated over and over again

Example: ¨Have I told¨ from the by book Barack Obama

Question 6

rhyme

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Answer 6

words or phrases that sound like each other and slip off the tongue.
Example: fat cat

Question 7

hyperbole

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Answer 7

words or phrases that are exaggerated.

Example: I’m starving!

Question 8

simple sentence

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Answer 8

a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
Example: She loves tacos

Question 9

compound sentence

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Answer 9

a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.

Example: I ran out of money, so I could not buy the candy bar.

Question 10

complex sentence

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Answer 10

a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.

Example: After I had eaten half the pie, I was full.

Question 11

coordinating conjunctions (fanboys)
which kind of sentence is used?
List all.

Answer 11

compound

for, and, nor, but