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"A broom is drearily sweepingup the broken pieces of yesterday's life." -Jimi Hendrix
personification
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
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I'm like cooler than a polar bear's toenails, bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
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What is a Limerick?
A funny poem of five lines.
A poem w/ rhyme scheme of AABBA.
A poem w/definite rhythm
A humorous poem.
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What is a metaphor?
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
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What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
14 lines which include 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet.
There's no such thing!
Another name for Limerick.
2 Quatrains made up of Rhyming Couplets.
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What is a hyperbole?
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
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"on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone"
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
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Identify the sound device for, "Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing"
repetition
rhyme
alliteration
onomatopoeia
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What is a Gerund?
Without exception: Gerunds ALWAYS end in "ing."
Gerunds function as nouns.
I have NO CLUE!
Pedro enjoys swimming (DO) more than texting his girlfriend.
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What is a simile?
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
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"As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony And every tear's a waterfall"
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
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What is a song's refrain?
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
a word that imitates a sound
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My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there'll find me
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
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What is onomatopoeia?
a word that imitates a sound
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
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"I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide." -Maya Angelou
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
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What is an infinitive?
Not a verb, so can not add s, es, ed, or ing to it ever!
To sneeze; to sleep; to shriek; to slurp; to eat; to dunk
To + Verb = infinitive
Infinitives almost always follow "to"...
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And my head told my heart, "Let love grow." But my heart told my head, "This time no."
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
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What is alliteration?
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
a word that imitates a sound
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What is a line of personification?
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
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Identify the sound device for, "Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
repetition
rhyme
