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22 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together
ex: She sell seashells by the seashore. |
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meter
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the regular patter of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
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speaker
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the person talking in the poem
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scanning
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marking each stressed syllable you hear in a poem with a special symbol
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free verse
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a poem without a regular meter and rhyme scheme
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haiku
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a 3 line poem with 17 syllables, 5-7-5
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metaphor
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directly compares two unlike things
ex: Your eyes are green emeralds! |
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onomatopoeia
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the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
ex: buzz, hiss, meow |
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personification
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speaking of something that is not human as if it had human qualities
ex: The sky wept all night long. |
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refrain
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a repeated word, phrase, line of group of lines
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repetition
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recurrence or repeating of something
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rhyme
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words that end with the same sound
ex: sat, rat, mat, pat |
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines in a poem
ex: aabba |
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rhythm
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a musical quality produced by repeated sound patterns
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simile
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a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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stanza
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groups of lines that express a complete idea
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tone
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speaker's attitude or feeling
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end rhyme
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the last word in one line is paired with the last word in the next line
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imagery
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uses language that appeals to our five senses
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extended metaphor
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a single comparison that is explored in depth, sometimes throughout the entire poem
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internal rhyme
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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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ode
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a poem that you sing or is a poem honoring a specific person or subject that is written in a clear lyrical style
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