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13 Cards in this Set
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SIMILE |
Definition: A comparison using, Like or As.
Example: This Tree is as green as a garbage truck. |
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METAPHOR |
Definition: A comparison not using like or as
Example: The boy was a bullet running across that field. |
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PERSONIFICATION |
Definition: Giving Human charestics to something non living.
Example: That boat is powerful like me. |
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IDIOM |
Definition: a combination of words that have a figurative meaning owing to its common usage
Example: American idioms drive me up the hall |
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HYPERBOLE |
Definition: A figure of speech made of a big exageration
Example: Im as heavy as a elephant |
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ALLITERATION |
Definition: A number of words that occur close together
Example: Paypal, Bestbuy |
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ONOMATOPOEIA |
Definition: A sound that represents something
Example: Bang, Boom, Clap |
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INTERNAL RHYME |
Definition: A Rhyme that is personal to the writer.
Example: My heart was racing as I was pacing |
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RHYME SCHEME |
Definition: is the pattern of a rhyme between a poem
Example: abc, abc |
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METER |
Definition: the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed
Example: All I could see from where i stood |
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CAPITAL LETTERS |
Definition: What you start you sentence with.
Example: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
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LINE LENGTH |
Definition: How long you line is.
Example. I like turtles |
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WORD POSITION |
Definition: Were you position your words.
Example: A BC D E F F |
