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20 Cards in this Set
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Imagery |
The use on concrete details that appeal to the five senses. |
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Diction |
Word choice. |
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Figurative Language |
The use of words outside of their literal meaning (metaphors, similes, and personification). |
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Enjambment |
The running on of one thought from one poetic line to another. |
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Personification |
Human qualities are given to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. |
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Poetry |
literary work in which attention is given to theexpression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm |
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Allusion |
A reference to a historical event, person, or literary work. |
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Onomatopoeia |
The use of words whose wounds suggest the sounds made by the object or activity. |
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Speaker |
The voice in the poem. |
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Theme |
The message of the work. |
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Hyperbole |
A great exaggeration for emphasis |
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Simile |
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
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Extended Metaphor |
A comparison between two unlike things that continues to throughout the whole poem. |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words. |
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Slant Rhyme |
Words that do not follow exact rhyme but sound similar |
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Metaphor |
A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use the words "like" or "as" |
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Form |
The way a poem is organized through lines and stanzas |
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Free Verse |
A poem that lacks a structured rhyme scheme. |
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Rhyme Scheme |
A pattern of rhyming lines. |
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Narrative Poem |
A type of poem in which a story is told. |
