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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
A simile describes the subject's characteristics by using comparisons to other things.
Ex: The butterfly floated up in to the air like a balloon filled with helium. |
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Metaphor |
compares two things that are different, showing whats alike, or different.
Ex: The boys were as bold as lions. |
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Personification
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Personification talks about something that's not alive, or a persons characteristics.
Ex: The diamond glittered like a million stars in the sky. |
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Idiom |
It is generally an expression, which's meaning can not be defined.
Ex: Look who's in the dog house? |
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Hyperbole
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Isn't always true, it is often overstated.
Ex: The blanket was sand paper it was so rough. |
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alliteration
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Has the same letter or sound repeated continuously.
Ex: Sally says she's so silly! |
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onomatopoeia |
A rhythmical sound, based off of actual words placed as a poem
Ex: hasstly, tammer, jazzle |
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internal rhyme |
A word is repeated through out the poem, in the beginning, middle and end.
Ex: I saw poor little lazy pat, Lazily lay his sleepy head down on his mat, |
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rhyme scheme
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Is like a song, it uses "like" and rhymes at the end. Often one word is used for more than one line.
Ex: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
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meter
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A rhyme in poetry, usually needs to have certain syllables. These syllable patterns are known as a stressed syllable, and un-stressed.
Ex: * In the midst of the word he was trying to say,* http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-meter-in-poetry.html |
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capital letters
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You need to have capital letters at the beginnig of each line in your poem.
Ex: Pam is like, A big fat ham,... |
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line length |
Your lines in poetry is the group of words all the way to the coma. The length the lines may vary, and they are all different.
Ex: Go out side and play, For it is such a wonderful day, The flowers beautiful in there aray of colors. |
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word position |
Word position is usually used in a Haiku, like if certain number of words was needed.
Ex: A haiku |
