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22 Cards in this Set
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What is Alliteration?
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It is the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words.
i.e ; SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE i.e ; PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS |
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What is Assonance?
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It is the repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds.
i.e ; MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES |
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What is Allusion?
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It is a reference to a historical, biblical, or mythological event to which the reader is familiar with or assumes to be.
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What is a Ballad?
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It is a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend.
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What is a Blank Verse?
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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What is Carpe Diem?
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A Latin expression that means to "seize the day" , also poetry that tells the reader to live for the moment and live life to the fullest.
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What is Figurative Language?
"metaphorical language" |
The intentional and imaginative use of words and comparisons that are not literal, but create original, vivid, and often unexpected images and associations.
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What is a Hyperbole?
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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.
i.e ; TONS OF MONEY, A FLOOD OF TEARS, WAITING FOR AGES |
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What is Image (Imagery) ?
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An image is an expression or recreation through of a certain experience.
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What is Irony?
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A tone of figure of speech in which there is a contradicting difference.
i.e A BANKROBBER ROBS A POLICE STATION |
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What is Lyric ?
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A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.
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What is a Metaphor?
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This is where two things are being compared, usually by saying one thing is another.
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What is an Onomatopoeia ?
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The use of words whose sound reflects their sense or meaning.
i.e ; HISS, BUZZ |
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What is Oxymoron?
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A contrast between two terms that are paired for emphasis.
i.e ; JUMBO SHRIMP, JOYFUL SADNESS, PAINFUL LOVE |
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What is personification?
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Giving nonhuman things human-like qualities.
i.e ; THE SKY SMILED RIGHT AT ME AS I WALKED OVER THE HILL. |
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What is a Simile?
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The comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
i.e ; I RUN LIKE A TRACK STAR WHO JUST HAD KNEE SURGERY |
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What is a Symbol?
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A word or phrase that stands for something else.
i.e ; A CIRCLE IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE, UNITY, PEACE |
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What is an Anaphora?
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The repetition of the same words at the beginning of a sentence.
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What is a Modulation ?
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The harmonious use of language relative to the variations of stress and pitch.
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What is Phonetic Symbolism?
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The association of particular word-sounds with common areas of meaning so that other words of similar sounds come to be associated with those meanings.
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What is a Euphony ?
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Harmony or beauty of sound that provides a pleasing effect to the ear.
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What is a Cacophony?
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Discordant sounds.
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