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15 Cards in this Set
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration that something either has much more or much less of a quality than it actually has.
example: He runs so fast he could catch a bullet. |
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Free Verse
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Poems that can be written as the author chooses;they don't follow a specific rhyme scheme or pattern.
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Formal Poetry
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Poems that follow a specific formula or pattern.
example:Haiku, limerick, sonnet. |
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Figurative Language
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Language that uses figures of speech that can't be taken literally.
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End Rhyme
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The rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines.
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Diction
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The writer's choics of words.
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Couplet
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A two lined stanza, usually rhymeed.
example:When I was riding straight through town, The driving rain began to pour down. |
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Consanance
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The repitition of consonant sounds anywhere in words.
exampl:Bring back that black jacket. |
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Assonance
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The repitition of vowel sounds in words.
Example:Paid, same, make, rain. |
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Alliteration
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The repitition of the begining sonsonant sounds in words.
example:In the summer the wind is strong. |
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Narrative
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A poem that tells a story.
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Mood
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The emotion you feel when you read a poem.
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Meter
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The pattern of stressed end unstressd syllables in the lines of a poem.
example:The long day wanes, the slow moon climbs, the stars abound, across the sky |
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as".
example:Paul Bunyan is a mountain of a man. |
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Imagery
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Mental pictures that are created with words.
example:Soft snow falls steadily upon the waiting roofs, The fluffy flakes create a mound of white powder. |
