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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
Definition: A comparison that is made using the words "like," "as," or "than." Example: The spring bloom was as delicate as a butterfly's wing. |
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Metaphor |
Definition: A comparison that is made without using words such as "like," "as," or "than." Example: A fresh snow is a white blanket that coats the earth and all that lay beneath it. |
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Personifactation |
Definition: A type of metaphor in which a non-human being is given human characteristics. Example: The sun is smiling down on us as it shows off its brilliant rays of light. |
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Idiom |
Definition: A phrase that one is not supposed to take literally. Example: I heard the intriguing rumour through the grapevine. |
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Hyperbole |
Definition: A phrase that is completely over exaggerated for emphasis or humour. Example: Enjoy that ring because it cost me a million dollars. |
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Alliteration |
Definition: The recurrence of initial, stressed sounds in a set of words that is used for visual, sound, or emotional emphasis. Example: Sally Smith spotted some striped shorts at the Sherman Super Store.
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Onomatopoeia |
Definition: A word or a use of a word that imitates its sound or suggests its meaning. Example: The dainty honey bee buzzed through the solemn flower patches. |
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Internal Rhyme |
Definition: When a word or set of words in the middle of a line rhymes with the ending word or set of words of the line. Example: The fire's curling smoke makes me choke. |
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Rhyme Scheme |
Definition: The set pattern of rhymes in a poem. The ones that correlate are typically identified by letters. Example: The trees in the woods rustle (A) As the silent cabin creaks (B) Inside busy people bustle (A) While birds tap with their beaks (B) Will I ever see a day this great (C) Somehow I feel that is not my fate (C) |
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Meter |
Definition: The beat or rhythmical flow of syllables. Example: Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, hickory dickory dock. |
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Capital Letters |
Definition: Traditionally in poetry, the beginning of each line is capitalized even if it isn't the start of a new traditional type sentence. Although not all poets follow this rule. For a more broad rule, it is used for emphasis a lot of the time. Example: The trees rustle in the wind Wanting to break free Yearning to move about Yet they find themselves stuck And so they dream and feel the wind
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Line Length |
Definition: The use of varying lengths in lines to assist in creating and reinforcing meaning. It also determines the interpreted meaning of the line. Example: That's okay I guess. It's fine. vs That's okay I guess, it's fine.
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Word Position |
Definition: The way the words are arranged on the paper in poetry. Word position helps show the structure of the poem itself and also how the phrases and ideas connect. Example: Ocean deep and wide What mysteries do you hide Dark tides and crystal salts |
