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16 Cards in this Set
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Imagery
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Language that appeals to the five senses: sight, taste, touch, smell, and sound.
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Figurative Language
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Expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections.
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Rhyme
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The repetition of accented vowel sounds, and all sounds following them, in words that are close together in a poem.
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Simile
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Two dissimilar things are compared using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
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Metaphor
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A comparison between to unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of a connective word.
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Personification
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It is a special kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something that is not human - an animal, an object, or even an idea.
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End Rhyme
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Rhymes that occur at the end of the lines.
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
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Internal Rhyme
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Rhymes that occur within the line of a poem.
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Approximate Rhyme
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Rhymes that somewhat sound the same, but are spelled differently and don't exactly rhyme.
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Free Verse
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A poem that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
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Direct Metaphor
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When a metaphor is saying what it/she/he is directly.
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Extended Metaphor
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A metaphor that lasts over several lines.
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Implied Metaphor
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When a metaphor is guessed to figure out its meaning.
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
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Onomatopoeia
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When a word means what it sounds like.
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