POETRY Figurative Language
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POETRY Figurative Language (Figure of speech)
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POETRY Figurative Language. (Figure of speech). When I say figuratively and not literally!. “I think I just dodged a bullet!” Figurative Language is usually used in poetry. . Writers use it to make their poems more lively!. ALLITERATION ONOMATOPOEIA METAPHOR HYPERBOLE - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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POETRY
Figurative Language
(Figure of speech)
When I say figuratively and not literally!
“I think I just dodged a bullet!”
Figurative Language is usually used in poetry.
Writers use it to make their poems more lively!
• ALLITERATION
• ONOMATOPOEIA
• METAPHOR
• HYPERBOLE
• PERSONIFICATION
• SIMILE
1. ALLITERATION
•The repetition of the same or similar sounds
at the beginnings of words.
2. ONOMATOPOEIA
•A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds such as
buzz and hiss.
3. METAPHOR
•A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by
saying one thing is another.
He was a lion in battle.
The world’s a stage.
4. HYPERBOLE
•A figure of speech in which deliberate
exaggeration is used for emphasis.
5. PERSONIFICATION
•A figure of speech in which nonhuman things
or abstract ideas are given human attributes.
6. SIMILE
•A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word “like” or “as.”
TYPES OF POEMS
1. ACROSTIC POEM
•Verses or arrangements of words where certain words, such as the first and last letter is used to
spell out a word or name.
2. CONCRETE POEM
•A poem that forms a picture of the topic or
follows the contours of a shape that is suggested
in the topic.
3. BALLAD POEM
•A poem that tells a story similar to a folk
tale or legend.
4. RHYME POEM
•The repetition of similar consonant sounds,
especially at the ends of words, as in last and
past.
5. EPIC POEM
•A long, serious poem that tells the
story of a heroic figure.
6. FREE VERSE POEM
•Poetry composed of either rhymed or
unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
7. CINQUAIN POEM•A poem that has 5 lines in which line 1 has a noun, line 2 has 2 adjectives, line 3 has action words, line 4 is based
on feeling (phrases), and line 5 is a synonym of the
title.
8. ODE POEM
•A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very
precise, formal structure.
9. LIMERICK POEM
•A light, humorous poem of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme
of aabba.
10. COLOR POEM
•A poem that describes a color.
11. HAIKU POEM
•A Japanese lyric poem that has 3 unrhymed
lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables and involves
nature or seasons.
