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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile: |
repetition of final sounds in two or more words.
example: the moon is as bright as the sun. |
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Metaphor: |
comparison between two unlike things without using connective words.
example: You eat like a pig. |
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Personification: |
a kind of metaphor in which a non-human thing or quality is talked about as if it were human:
example: the cow jumped over the moon |
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Idiom: |
refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words.
example: It's raining cats and dogs |
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Hyperbole: |
is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
example: man I could eat a horse right know.
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Alliteration: |
a repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
example: Whats up cool cat
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Onomatopoeia: |
the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
example: mooooooooo |
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Internal rhyme: |
a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other.
example: that cat sounds like a rat |
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Rhyme scheme: |
The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line.
example: I have a cat / A I think he's fat / A He is not skinny / B His name is Lenny / B |
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Meter: |
the alliteration of stressed and unstressed syllables; beat.
example: I have a cat I think he's fat He is not skinny His name is Lenny |
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capital letters: |
that the first letter of each line is capitalized regardless of whether or not it starts a new sentence.
example: The person. The dog Jumped over the moon |
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line length: |
the use of varying lengths in lines of poetry to help create or enhance meaning.
example: I like pie with chocolate It is good |
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word position: |
3 lines: first line 5 syllables, second line 7 syllables, third line 5 syllables.
example: I like pie It taste like apple pie But it was peach pie with ice-cream I still liked it! :/ |
