Figurative Language

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Figurative language ____________

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enhances writing

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Figurative language example:

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The stars were diamonds in the night sky.

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A group of lines in a poem is called

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stanza

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Poem describes July with sun warming grass and heart filled with joy.

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Figure of speech using same beginning sound

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alliteration

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Poetic device with same ending sounds:

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Rhyme

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Words that vividly describe a sound, mimicking it for readers to 'hear', is called:

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onomatopoeia

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Figurative speech comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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A figure of speech giving human traits to non-human things.

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personification

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A poem that does not rhyme is a

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free verse