Poem Terminology by GRACIE CLAPP https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj Poem terminology with examples. en-us 2018-01-17 14:49:12 UTC 2025-10-11 15:13:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Personification 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222082167 Personification is when a nonliving thing is given human characteristics.

In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth there are plenty of examples of personification. For example in the first line when he says he as lonely as a cloud. In this poem the poet is telling how huge the world is compared to one person. You can see this when he is describing the group saying over and over again how huge the group is like saying "Ten thousand saw I at a glance" (Wordsworth 11).  

]]> 2018-01-17 14:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222082167 Repetition 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222083444 Repetition is when a word or phrase is repeated to emphasis the phrase or word.

This is an example of repetition because in the whole song the words "Let it go" are repeated because the charter, Elsa, is singing about letting go of all her worries.

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway
-"Let it go" From the Movie Frozen


]]> 2018-01-17 14:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222083444 Onomatopoeia 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222084322 Onomatopoeia is a word that is spelled like the sound it makes.

This is an example of onomatopoeia because the word boom, sounds just like how it's spelled.


]]> 2018-01-17 14:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222084322 Hyperbole 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222085212 Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement

This video shows many examples of hyperboles  like "I am so hungry I could eat a horse." This doesn't mean that you are actually going to eat a horse, you are just saying how hungry you are.

]]> 2018-01-17 14:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222085212 Alliteration 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222269514 Alliteration is when a sound is repeated 

This is an example of a alliteration because the "p" sound is repeated though out the whole stanza. Some alliterations are also known as tongue twisters like this one. ]]> 2018-01-18 00:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222269514 Oxymoron 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222270409 Oxymoron is two opposing words are combined to make something that makes sense

Both of these examples, which are by William Shakespeare, show multiple examples of oxymorons. In the first line it says, "loving hate." This is an oxymoron because loving and hate are opposites, but when put together they make perfect sense.]]> 2018-01-18 00:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222270409 Allusion 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222270558 Allusion is when something is referred to something that is well known

This is an example of an allusion because many people know the love story "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. In Taylor Swift's song she is referring to this story saying that she is like Juliet and the person she's singing to is Romeo.

"That you were Romeo, you were  throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet"
- Taylor Swift's "Love Story"]]> 2018-01-18 00:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222270558 Simile 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271160 Simile is a metaphor that uses like or as

This video shows many examples of similes for example, "The baby is as cute as a kitten." As you can see it's saying a baby and a kitten are alike even though they aren't. Also in the simile there is the word "as" making it a simile and not a metaphor. ]]> 2018-01-18 00:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271160 Allusion 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271870 This is an example of an Allusion because it refers to the story of Achilles' Heel. The story is of a warrior who's only weakness was his heel. He was unstoppable until an arrow hit him in the heel and was taken down. If you say this you are saying something can always get to you like in the example ]]> 2018-01-18 00:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271870 Oxymoron 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271895 This is an example of an oxymoron because most people don't like getting up early in the morning for something like school or work making it not a good morning. ]]> 2018-01-18 00:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271895 Alliteration 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271915 "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe is an example of alliteration because the sound "n" is repeated through out the line with the words nodded, nearly, and napping. ]]> 2018-01-18 00:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271915 Hyperbole 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271952 This is an example of a hyperbole because whoever is saying it isn't going to do that. They were just getting a point across that they want them to stop. ]]> 2018-01-18 00:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271952 Onomatopoeia 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271998 This is an example of Onomatopoeia because the word, "Boom," sounds just like how it's spelled.

"Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom"
-Katy Perry's "Firework"]]> 2018-01-18 00:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222271998 Repetition 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222272004 The poem "A Stopping in the Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost shows repetition in the last two lines by repeating, "And miles to go before I sleep."]]> 2018-01-18 00:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222272004 Personification 21clagr1 https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222272125 This is an example of personification because the toys from Toy Story were given human characteristics like emotions.]]> 2018-01-18 00:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21clagr1/jgcy78bb8ldj/wish/222272125