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25 Cards in this Set
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figurative language |
def: to express ideas and feelings in a fresh way |
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Metaphor |
Direct comparison not using like or as |
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simile |
indirect comparison using like or as |
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personification |
giving living characteristics to a non-living object |
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Onomatopeia |
a word that mimics a sound |
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Imagery |
details used to paint a mental image |
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stanzas |
the paragraph equivalent to poetry |
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couplets |
two-lined stanza |
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quatrains |
four lined stanza |
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sound devices |
a tool used to give a poem a musical quality |
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Rhythm |
pattern made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a word |
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Rhyme |
Use of repetition with identical sounds |
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rhyme scheme |
pattern of end rhymes |
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alliteration |
repetition of consonant sounds |
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assonance |
repeating vowel sounds |
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consonance |
repeating consonance |
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repetition |
use of anything more than once |
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free verse |
poem dictated by no guide lines |
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narrative poem |
story told in verse |
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epic |
long narrative usually about a hero of some sort |
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ballad |
song like romantic narrative |
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Dramatic poem |
story told by characters statements or thoughts |
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lyric |
poem where author expresses the feelings of one individual |
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haiku |
japanese form of poetry containing 17 syllabes |
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sonnet |
fourteen line lyric poem with formal rhyme |
