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16 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the initial consonant of words.
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Figurative Language
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Non-literal expressions to get across certain ideas of things more vividly. Metaphor, simile, and personification are examples of figurative language.
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Hyperbole
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Excessive exaggeration to make a point. Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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Imagery
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When you write using vivid words that appeal to the reader's senses in such a way that another person can clearly "see" what you are trying to communicate.
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two unlike things that says they are the same. Example: Stanley is a bear in the morning.
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that makes the sound of the action it describes. Example: Crash, went the ball through the window.
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Personification
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A comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects. Example: The old house groaned in the wind.
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Rhyme
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The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
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Simile
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A comparison of two unlike things that compares them using the words "like" or "as". Example: He's as clumsy as a stack of hammers.
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Theme
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The underlying meaning of a poem, the idea it presents about people, or about life.
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Speaker
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The narrator of a poem.
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Tone
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The attitude or the view of the author toward their subject.
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Free Verse
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Poetry that doesn't rhyme.
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Stanza
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A group of lines that go together in a certain way.
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Extended Metaphor
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When an entire poem is a metaphor for something else.
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Symbolism
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Something that stands for something else.
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