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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Assonance
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Repition of a vowel sound
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Alliteration
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repetition of beginning constant sound
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Couplet
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Pair of lines that rhyme
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Rhyme Scheme
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Pattern of identical sounds (particullarly ending sounds)
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Diction
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word choice
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denotation
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dictionary definition of the word
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connotation
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emotional associations with the word
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simile
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comparision of words using "like" or "as"
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metaphor
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comparisson without using like or as
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personification
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animation of an inanimate object
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imagery
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words that appeal to the senses
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onomatopoeia
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sound words that read like the sounds/actions they describe (immitation of naturally occuing sounds)
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euphony
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pleasing sounds
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cacophony
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harsh/grating sounds
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meter
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number of syllables...a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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free verse
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no rhyme
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hyperbole
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extreme exageration
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enjambment
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thought spills from one line to the next without inturuption of punctuation
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