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11 Cards in this Set
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Enjambment |
moving from one line to another without punctuation
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Apostrophe
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“O” stated before an imaginary character
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Assonance
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when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
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Allusion |
brief or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
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Caesura |
when you take a breath; a pause in the middle of a line |
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Onomatopoeia |
action verbs for description |
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Hyperbole |
exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
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Alliteration |
a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series |
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Personification |
using human qualities to describe an inanimate object |
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Simile |
comparing things using like or as |
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Metaphor |
comparison between things without like or as |
