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15 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Alliteration happens when words that begin with the same sound are placed close to one another. For example "the silly snake silently slinked by"
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. For example "aabbcc"
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Irony
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Irony involves saying one thing while really meaning another, contradictory thing
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Metaphor
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A metaphor happens when one thing is described as being another thing. without using "Like" or "As"
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Internal Rhyme
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The rhyme occur inside a line , such as "Lets's BEAT the HEAT"
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Imagery
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Imagery is intense, descriptive language in a poem that helps to trigger our senses and our memories when we read it
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Meter
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The number of feet in a line of poetry
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Simile
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Similes compare one thing directly to another using "Like" or "As"
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Poetic Stanza
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A stanza is a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem. A stanza is comparable to a paragraph in a prose. Each stanza may have the same number of lines or the number of lines may vary.
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Slant Rhyme
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Two words are nearly rhymed but slightly different such as "lake" and "fate"
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Allusion
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An allusion happens when a speaker or character makes a brief and casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.
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Slight Rhyme
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Two words look alike but don’t sound alike, such as “Love” and “Jove”
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Symbolism
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Generally speaking, a symbol is a sign representing something other than itself
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Allegory
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An allegory is a kind of extended metaphor in whch objects, persons, and actions stand for another meaning
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Hyperbole
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Hyperbole is a gross exaggeration. For example "tons of money" is a hyperbole
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