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21 Cards in this Set
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Rhyme |
The repetition of identical sounds in the last syllables of words in a sequence |
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Simile |
Uses like or as to compare two unlike things |
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Rhyme scheme |
A pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines |
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Metaphor |
Comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as |
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Meter |
A pattern of rhythm |
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Figurative language |
Language that is uses imaginatively to express ideas or feelings |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the initial or beginning consonant of words |
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Rhythm |
The pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables of words in a sequence |
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Personification |
Gives human traits to non human things |
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Imagery |
Descriptive language that creates vivid impressions |
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Dramatic poetry |
Tells a story using a characters own thoughts or spoken statements |
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Ballad |
A song like narrative that has a short stanzas and a refrain |
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Sonnet |
A 14 line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm and line structures |
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Assonance |
A vowel rhyme; the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words |
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Free verse |
Has neither a set patterns or rhythm nor rhyme |
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Tanka |
Verse form with five unrhymed lines of 5, 7,5,7,7 syllabes |
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Consonance |
The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words |
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Epic |
A long narrative poem about the feats of God's or heroes |
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Haiku |
A verse form with 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7,5 syllables |
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Lyric poem |
Expresses the feelings of a single speaker; the most common type of poem |
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Narrative poetry |
Tells a story; has a plot, characters and a setting |
