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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
Comparing two things using ''like or as'' E.X.=Gaby can eat as much as a cow |
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Metaphor |
Comparing two things without using "like or as" E.X.=John is a cheetah
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Personification |
Giving an object or animal human qualities E.X.=The clouds in the sky were roaring like crazy |
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Idiom |
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words E.X.Its rainning
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Hyperbole |
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. E.X.The popcorn was bigger than my head
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Alliteration |
Nearby words that begin with the same sound E.X.=Carlos cant create his own creation |
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Onomatopoiea |
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
E.X. Boom, bang, pow |
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Internal Rhyme |
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
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Rhyme Scheme |
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. E.X. Roses are red Violets are blue Beautiful they all may be But I love you |
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Meter |
The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. E.X.That time l of year l thou mayst l in me l behold |
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Capital letters |
The form of an alphabetical letter (such as A, B, C) used to begin a sentence or proper noun; an uppercase letter, in contrast to lower case E.X. By the sixth and seventh centuries the various letter forms we now use had been invented . . .. From the ninth century on all writing in the Latin alphabet, in whatever style or hand, used capital and small-letter pairs as we do now."
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Line Length |
When a poet writes in iambic pentameters, the length of the lines is determined by the form chosen to a significant extent. E.X. True wit is nature to advantage dress’d; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d.”
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word position |
a place where someone or something is located or has been put. E.X. a poem has stanzas
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