Transcript figurative - K12 Open Ed

concrete poem
• a poem written in the actual shape of
the subject of the poem
detect
• to notice; to find out
figurative language
• words that have a meaning other than
the literal ones; words that have
meaning other than what they say
haiku
• a style of poem, originally from Japan,
that has three lines, with five, seven,
and five syllables respectively, and that
often concerns a topic from nature
infer
• to reach a conclusion based on facts
lyric poem
• a short poem that expresses deep
personal feelings, sometimes set to
music
metaphor
• comparison of two unlike things that
does not use the words "like" or "as";
comparison that says something is
something it is really not, for example,
"She is a pig."
narrative poem
• a poem that is in a story form
onomatopoeia
• words that sound like the thing they
describe; tick-tock, splash, pitter-patter,
plop, etc.
personification
• human qualities given to non-human
objects; a comparison that makes
something sound like a person
propaganda
• information presented from a particular
viewpoint aimed at trying to get others
to share that view; ideas spread with the
intent of helping or hurting some cause
refer
• to mention; to point to something
simile
• comparison of two unlike things using
the words "like" or "as", often used in
poetry
transform
• to change from one thing to another