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18 Cards in this Set
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Poetry
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The art or work of a poet.
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Poem
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A composition in verse rather than prose generally characterized by the use of such literary techniques as structured meter, rhyme and metaphor.
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Alliteration
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The repition of usually initial consonat sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
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Assonance
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The resemblance of sound, repitition of usually sounds in two or more words.
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Figurative Language
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Non - literal expressions to get across certain ideas or things more vividly.
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Image
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A picture that creates vivd words.
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Hyperbole
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A figuare of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
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Metaphor
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A figuare of speech comparing 2 unlike things that have something in common.
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Mood
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The atmoshpere in a peice of writing.
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Narrative Poem
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A poem that tells a story.
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Ode
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A poem that celebrates a subject.
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Onomatopoeia
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The inmitation of natural sounds in ord form.
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Persona Poem/Mask Poem
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A poem in wich the poet writes from the point of veiw of another person or thing.
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Personification
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An author gives an idea, object or animal qualitiesor traits of a person.
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Refrian
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Phrase, line or group of lines repeated at intervals during a poem.
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Repitition
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One or morewords are repeated to show urgency or importance.
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Rhythm
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Basic beat in a line of poetry
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Simile
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A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. Uses like or as.
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