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15 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of initial consent sounds in neighboring words.
example: ripe, red raspberries |
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Assonance
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vowel rhyme.
example: Fake and Late |
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Figurative Language
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Writing or speech that is not meant to be taking literally.
example: It's raining cats and dogs outside |
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Figure of Speech
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a verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a certain effect.
example: alliteration |
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Imagery
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refers to the words or phrases which bring forth a certain picture or image in the mind of the reader. These images can be anything that calls forth a sensory experience – whether figurative or literal.
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two things that aren’t alike that does not use any words of comparison (like or as).
example: The moon is a big piece of mozzarella cheese |
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Mood
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the feeling a piece of literature provokes in the reader
example: happy, sad, mad |
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Onomatopoeia
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a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
example: buzz, zing, clippety-clop, and tick-tock |
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Personification
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when an author gives something that isn’t human a human characteristic
example:“The tired flower dropped its head” |
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Rhyme
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when two or more words end with the same or similar sounds.
example: Ball and Call |
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Rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem, shown by using a different letter for each final sound.
example: In a poem with an aabb rhyme scheme, the first and second lines end in one sound and the third and fourth in another. |
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Simile
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comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used.
example: “The moon is like a big piece of mozzarella cheese,” |
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Stanza
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refers to lines that are grouped together in a poem.
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Symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else.
example: the American flag is a symbol of freedom. |
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Syntax
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the order of words.
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