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19 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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Repetition
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the act of doing or performing again
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Folk Ballad
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a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
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Cliche
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Word or phrase used too much, played out
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Personification
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the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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Free Verse
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unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
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Extended Metaphor
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a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas
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End Rhyme
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the use of rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry, or an example of this
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Meter
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In most poems, the lines are written according to patterns of rhythm. Poetic meter is the measure of a line of poetry. It is rhythm that can be measured in poems.
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Alliteration
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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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Refrain
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the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
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Denotation
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
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Connotation
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an idea that is suggested
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Diction
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the manner in which something is expressed in words
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Symbolism
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the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
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Internal Rhyme
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a rhyme between words in the same line
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Ballad
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a narrative poem of popular origin
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Lyric Poem
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a short poem of songlike quality
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