Poetry/Figurative Language S2 REVIEW

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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What is mood in literature?

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Mood refers to the overall emotional atmosphere or feeling that a literary work evokes in the reader.

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What is a ballad?

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A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music, that tells a story.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is free verse?

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Free verse is a type of poetry that does not adhere to a specific rhyme scheme or meter.