Poetic Terms Flashcards
1
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Simile
A
comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Example: Life is like a box of chocolates.
2
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Metaphor
A
comparison of two unlike things
Example: Love is a rose.
3
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Personification
A
giving human traits or abilities to an inanimate object
Example: The sun smiled at me.
4
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Oxymoron
A
two opposites side by side
Example: I hate love. Deafening silence.
5
Q
Pun
A
play on words, humour when one word has different meanings
Example: The dentist had done the operation so many times that she knew the drill.
6
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Hyperbole
A
exaggeration
Example: I’ve told you a million times.
7
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Analogy
A
extended simile or metaphor
