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20 Cards in this Set
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simile
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a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as." Unlike a metaphor, in a simile the two unlike things are said to have some SIMILarities, but are not the same.
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metaphor
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a direct comparison between two unlike things. Ex. My love is a red, red rose. Metaphors add to meaning and helps us to create new meanings for often everyday things.
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theme
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a main idea or common thread in a written work. It is often deep and the reader comes to realize it through deep thinking and reflection.
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diction
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word choice—the words you use to express an idea. For example, if you want to be nice and tell some one to be quiet, you may ask them “Will you please be quiet?” as opposed to “Shut up!”
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syntax
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how words are ordered in sentences. Poets often change syntax to emphasize other words---think Yoda in Star Wars. “Food I am having.” The subject is I, but by changing the order for “food” to come first, “food” becomes more important.
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poetry
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Poetry is works written for their beautiful and emotional qualities . It typically is written in lines and stanzas, uses figurative language, and has some deeper meaning. It may rhyme.
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story. It will have the elements of poetry along with those of narrative fiction, like plot.
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lyric poem
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an often song-like poem written mainly to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person
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imagery
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language that appeals to the five senses. Readers easily connect to imagery because it causes them to use their IMAGination to feel what is going on in some writing.
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figurative language
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language that does not exactly mean what it says, but makes the reader have to think harder and imaginatively to get the meaning.
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He is a stink-pig.
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metaphor
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She is as emotional as a stone.
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simile
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What that is?
She nursed him, she fed him, she cared for him, and look what he did to her. (notice direct objects here) |
syntax
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Listen...
With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall. --Adalaide Crapsey (choose the simplest answer) |
poetry
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freedom as a basic human need
man's inhumanity to man the importance of education and literacy power corrupts |
theme
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Get over here!
Please come here. Ey shawty...psst, psst, psst... |
diction
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"Children's Story" by Slick Rick
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narrative poetry
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant---
Success in Cirrcuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightening to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind--- --Emily Dickinson |
lyric poetry
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The pie filled the air with the robust scent of cinnamon, sugar, and all that is good. Its crust bubbled with caramelized sugar, and you could see little apples peeking out the vents you cut in the crust for steam to come out.
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imagery
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similes
metaphors personification hyperbole... |
figurative language
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