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14 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
Definition: A comparison using like, as, or them.
Example: His Socks were as bright as the sun. |
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Metaphor |
Definition: A comparison without using the words like, as, or, them.
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Personification |
Definition: Describing an inanimate object as a human.
Example: The tree had eyes on the back of his head. |
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Idiom |
Definition: Something that you don't take seriously; usually a common saying.
Example: It's raining cats and dogs. |
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Personification |
Definition: Describing an nonhuman object as a human.
Example: Ben was running ,but the tree lunged out and tripped him. |
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Hyperbole |
Definition: Extreme Exaggeration.
Example: I walked in the room and the smell of cheese knocked me down. |
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Alliteration |
Definition: The repeating of a sound at the start of a word.
Example: The snow slid slowly down the hill. |
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Onomonpiea |
Definition: A word that imitates the sound something makes.
Example The door slammed bang and suddenly I knew I was trapped. |
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Internal Rhyme |
Definition: Rhyming of two words within a line.
Example: The cat sat on the mat. |
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Rhyme Scheme |
Definition: The pattern of rhymes in a poem.
Example: The cat sat On the mat |
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Meter |
Definition: A pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables.
Example: No Sam I am I do not like your green eggs and ham. |
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Capital Letters |
Definition: The basic understanding that poetry does not follow capitilization and other basic language rules.
Example: ron is going to connecticut |
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Line Length |
Definition: Changing the length of lines in poems to enhance meaning. Hi Example: Shape Diamond Shape Hi |
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Word Position |
Definition: The way words are placed in a poem to give meaning.
Examples Charlie is tall, but Ben is short. |
