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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
A comparison that uses like or as.
e.g. You're as rotten as an apple that went bad 4 years ago... YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME ICE FOR THAT BURN!! |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that makes a "sneaky" comparison between two things that don't have that much in common.
e.g. A "broken" heart |
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Personification |
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics.
e.g. The guy did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door. |
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Idiom |
Something that a person would say that you're not supposed to take literally.
e.g. Before the play, Little Timmy's dad told him to break a leg. His dad didn't mean it literally of course... or did he... *insert dramatic music* |
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Hyperbole |
An EXTREME exaggeration.
e.g. Mom-I've told you to clean your room a million times. Me-No you haven't. You've only told me 956,783 times. Duh. |
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Alliteration |
When two or more words start with the same SOUND.
e.g. Swiggity Swag Swag Swiggity |
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Onomotopoeia |
Sounds in word form.
e.g. BREWWW!! (That's the sound the an elephant makes) |
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Internal Rhyme |
When words are rhymed in a single line of a poem.
e.g. Shamwow cram your cow |
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Rhyme Scheme |
When a poem rhymes at the end of each of its lines.
e.g. Shamwow cram your cow Whith a bunch of wheat So you can soak your feet In a nice warm bucket of beats (copyright dr.dre) |
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Meter |
The rhythm in a poem.
e.g. Oh, Potter, you rotter, oh, what have you done, |
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Capital Letters |
A letter that isn't lower-cased.
e.g. A,B,C,D,E,F,etc.
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Line Length |
The length of the line in a poem.
e.g. Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
The length of this line is 7 words. |
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Word Position |
The position that the words are in in a poem.
e.g. and leap into the ripe air -> Alive <- |
