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13 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
Definition: The repeat of the same letter or sound in closely connected words.
Example: Sassy Sally sings super sourly. |
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Simile |
Definition: A figure of speech that compares two things not usually alike in a phrase with "like", or "as".
Example: Sally is as light as a feather. |
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Personification |
Definition: Human or nature characteristics given to an inanimate object.
Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning. |
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Metaphor |
Definition: A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between people, places, and things. (without using "like" or "as".)
Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river. |
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Idiom |
Definition: A phase that has a different meaning than the literal meaning.
Example: Sally didn't know how her shopping trip would go, so she played it by ear. |
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Hyperbole |
Definition: Exaggerations to create emphasis or effect.
Example: The bag weighed a ton. |
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Onomatopoeia |
Definition: the naming of a thing or action by imitation of the sound associated with it.
Example: Frogs splash into the pond. |
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Internal Rhyme |
Definition: Poetic technique to where the middle and end words rhyme.
Example: I sold a couple ducks to earn a couple bucks. |
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Rhyme scheme |
Definition: Poetic technique of rhyming words on the end of the sentences.
Example: As you die, I Sigh, and say Good-bye. |
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Meter |
Definition: A unit of rhythm in poetry or the pattern of the beats. dom dom du-dom--- Example: I could not bear doing the bad dare it would be fair to not even share
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Capital letters |
Definition: A letter of the alphabet upper cased to begin a sentence or a proper noun.
Example: Sally went to New York. |
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Line Length |
Definition: A poetic technique that shows the different structures of poems.
Example: Haiku- a poem with a structure of 3 lines. (you can count the syllables.) |
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Word Position |
Definition: The placement of the words in a poem to create regular stanzas, or to create shapes. Example: A picture of a flower and the poem creating the outline of the flower while describing it. |
