figures of speech
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
what is personification?
a short story usually with animals as characters
what is a fable?
a humorous verse with three long and two short lines rhyming
what is a limerick?
a person,place or thing
what is a noun?
the formation of a word associated with a sound
what is onomatopoeia?
a story with magical creatures and usually ends with THE END
what is a fairy tale?
a japanese poem usually following the pattern 757
what is a haiku?
a word to modify or describe a noun
what is an adjective?
same letter or sound at the beginning of a word
what is an alliteration?
a story that is hard to believe
what is a tall tale?
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
what is a ballad?
an indirect or passing reference without actually using the word
what is an allusion?
what is a metaphor?
a story that is popular but not authentic
what is a legend?
a poem that has no rhyme scheme or a set structure
what is a free-verse?
a word expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
what is a preporistion?
exaggerated statement. Not literal
what is a hyperbole?
a traditional story usually involving supernatural events or beings
what is a myth?
a form of poetry told in a story
what is a narrative poem?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
what is a verb?