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Examples of Poetry Terms
Instead of definitions, you will identify the poetry term that is present in the example.
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Literature
9th Grade
03/13/2014

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Simile
Definition
"Shine bright like a diamond, like a diamond in the sky."
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Simile
Definition
"I love you like a love song."
Term
Simile
Definition
"She's got a body like an hourglass."
Term
Simile
Definition
"You and me, baby, we're stuck like glue."
Term
Simile
Definition
"I'm going to miss you like a child misses their blanket."
Term
Repetition
Definition
"Like a boss...like a boss..."
Term
Repetition
Definition
"Wanna talk about me, wanna talk about I, wanna talk about number one..."
Term
Metaphor
Definition
"Baby, you're a firework.
Term
Metaphor
Definition
"You were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter."
Term
Metaphor
Definition
"We're all just another brick in the wall."
Term
Metaphor
Definition
"Love is a battlefield."
Term
Metaphor
Definition
"Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky."
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Metaphor
Definition
"She was a fast machine."
Term
Imagery
Definition
"He gripped the wooden handle of the sharp knife. Its silver blade glistened in the light."
Term
Imagery
Definition
"If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down in a bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn."
Term
Personification
Definition
"The yellow flowers danced in the breeze."
Term
Personification
Definition
"This town is sick of us."
Term
Personification
Definition
"The shadow of the day will embrace the world in gray."
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
"Bang, bang, bang on the door, baby."
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
"Drip, drip, drop little April showers."
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
"Tick Tock goes the clock."
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
"Splish, splash I was taking a bath."
Term
Alliteration
Definition
"She sells seashells by the seashore."
Term
Alliteration
Definition
"Sad songs say so much."
Term
Alliteration
Definition
"Sing us a song, you're the piano man."
Term
Alliteration
Definition
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer"
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
"Your eyes make the stars look like they're not shining."
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
"I'd catch a grenade for ya."
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
"You might as well be walking on the sun."
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