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Poetry |
Thoughts or feelings expressed in concise, revealing words,written as lines of verse in stanzas; not prose |
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Stanza |
Group of lines, like a poem paragraph |
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Free-verse |
Poem with no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm |
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Rhyme |
Words sounding alike, placed in the same spot, such as at the ends of lines |
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Alliteration |
First letter (consonants) repeated for sound effect |
"Clunky car" or "whipping winds" |
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Assonance |
Vowel sound repeated for sound effect |
"The pitcher straightened his gaze on home plate" |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words that say how they sound |
Buzz zip crash bang howl tap microwave |
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Repetition |
Repeating important words, phrases, or entire lines to emphasize as important idea |
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Imagery |
Sensory language: appeals to the 5 senses |
See hear taste touch smell: "Tiny frozen pellets whiz by, stinging my face white hot." |
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Figurative language |
Words and phrases which do not literally mean what they say |
"It's raining cats and dogs" |
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Idiom |
Regional or group expressions that otherwise make no sense |
"We won hand over fist" |
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Simile |
Comparison using "like or as" |
"Like it's like a box of chocolates" |
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Metaphor |
A direct comparison of two things |
"My granddaughter is a real jewel" |
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Personification |
Giving things human qualities |
"Rain dances across my windshield" |
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Hyperbole |
Extreme exaggeration |
"The survivors cried ocean's of tears for the lost" |
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Symbolism |
Words which represent a different, bigger idea |
Flag=freedom dove=peace |
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Irony |
The opposite happens if what you expect |
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Tone |
The authors attitude toward the subject |
Favourable unfavourable skeptical upset angry urgent |
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Mood |
Feeling reader gets from words |
"the smiling sun sprinkled sweet, warm cheer." =happines/peace |
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Prose |
Standard written English; paragraphs, complete sentences |
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