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18 Cards in this Set
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Analogy |
Comparison between 2 things that are alike. |
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Simile |
Comparison using like or as |
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Metaphor |
Comparison not using like or as : is/am/are/was/were |
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Extended metaphor |
Implied comparison that goes throughout an entire text |
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Compare |
To find similarities between items in a text |
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Contrast |
Focus on differences in a text |
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Diction |
Word choice |
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Loaded words |
Powerful words/phrases meant to provoke an emotional response |
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Connotation |
Positive or negative energy of a word |
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Semantics |
Various meanings of a word and relationships |
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Syntax |
Arrangement of words |
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Stanza |
Series of lines in a poem |
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Alliteration |
Group of words with similar "sounds" |
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Enjambment |
When a line of poetry goes on to increase interest |
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End rhyme |
Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines |
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Internal rhyme |
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. |
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Narrative poem |
Poem that tells a story |
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Apostrophe |
Imaginary, dead, absent |
