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23 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
She sells sea shells down by the seashore. |
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End Rhyme |
When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same. |
Words Rhyme At End. |
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Internal Rhyme |
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. |
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Assonance |
The repetition of the sound of a vowel in a word that begins with different letters. |
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Visual Imagery |
The name given to elements in a poem that spark off senses |
Popping and crackling |
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Aural Imagery |
Sounds like onomatopoeia |
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Tactile Imagery |
Relates to the sense of touch |
Rough patches |
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Personification |
Shows inanimate objects taking on human characteristics |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech which the poet addresses an absent person |
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Hyperbole |
Poetry that includes the use of overexaggeration for the purpose of creating emphasis. |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
Juliet is my sun |
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Simile |
A figure of speech comparing two objects using the words "like" or "as" |
As sweet as pie |
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Slant Rhyme |
Either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical |
Years, yours |
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Onomatopoeia |
The formationnof a word from a sound associated with what is named |
Achoo, sizzle, snap, crash |
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Stanza |
A group of lines forming the basic recurring medical unit in a poem; a verse |
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Line |
A unit of language into which a play or poem is divided |
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Rhyme Scheme |
A poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or stanza |
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Repetition |
A literary divide that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable |
I need love I need love |
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Ode |
A poem praising something |
Ode to joy |
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Elegy |
A sad poem, written to express sorrow for someone who is dead |
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Ballad |
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas |
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Epic |
A long poem, one derived from ancient tradition |
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Sonnet |
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes |
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