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Figurative Language Definition: Writing that uses hyperbole, metaphor, personification, and/or simile to improve or simplify meaning. Examples: Hyperbole, metaphor, personification, and simile

Hyperbole Definition: An extreme exaggeration that the writer uses for emphasis (stress, importance) Examples: I’m starving to death! I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! What example can you provide?

Metaphor Definition: Compares two unlike things without using like or as Example: The _____ is a roaring fire! Their faces were tomato red Her words are a _________!

Simile Definition: Compares two unlike things using like or as Example: Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. Your Example: My friend is as nice as a ____________.

Personification Definition: A nonhuman, inanimate object, idea, or animal is given human characteristics Example: The low clouds bumped into the mountain. Your Example: When I was hiking, the cactus _________!

Alliteration- Sound Device Definition: Is the repetition of initial identical consonant sound in succession (in a row). Examples: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Now you provide an example with the letter “P” (hint: be appropriate!)

Rhyme Scheme - Sound Device Definition: Any pattern of end Rhyme is called a rhyme scheme. When the end rhyme changes, so does the letter; this is to identify the change in rhyme. Example: The tiny bird in the tree (a) Was singing songs just for me (a) Example: Whose woods these are I think I know ( ) His house is in the village though ( )

Onomatopoeia- Sound Device Definition: Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to. Example: A pesky mosquito buzzed around my head. The cannon went off with a ________!

Stanza- Structure Definition: A section or division of lines within a poem, often arranged in a pattern. Example: A silver scaled Dragon with jaws flaming red Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread.