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13 Cards in this Set
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stanza
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group of lines forming a unit in poetry
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Imagery
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Language that helps you see, smell, hear, taste, and touch
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Rhythm
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arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Rhyme
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Repetition of sounds in words
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Alliteration
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Repeating consonant sounds
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Repetition
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Recurring words, sounds, lines, phrases, or stanzas
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Assonance
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Repeating vowel sounds
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration
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Simile
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Comparison using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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Comparison - doesn't use "like" or "as"
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Personification
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Giving human characteristics to nonliving objects
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Theme
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Main idea or point of the poem
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of a word or phrase that imitates the sound
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