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30 Cards in this Set
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Language organized by rhythm
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Poetry
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Language not meant to be taken literally
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Figurative Language
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Language that appeals to the senses
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Imagery
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Comparison using "like" or "as"
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Simile
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Comparison of two unlike things
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Metaphor
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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
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Personification
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Something that represents something else
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Symbol
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Exaggeration or overstatement
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Hyperbole
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Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject or a character
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Tone
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Dominant emotion that the reader takes from the story
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Mood
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Alliteration
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Words, phrases, lines or groups of lines are repeated
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Repetition
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Group of related lines that form a division of poetry
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Stanza
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2 line stanza that rhymes
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Couplet
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Repetition of accented vowel sounds
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Rhyme
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Pattern of rhymes in a poem
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Rhyme Scheme
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Regular rhythmic pattern in lines of poetry
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Meter
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Does not have regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
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Free Verse
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Musical quality in language produced by repetition
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Rhythm
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A poem that tells a story
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Narrative
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Short verse that expresses the emotions of the author
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Lyric
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14 lines of iambic pentameter
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Sonnet
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10 syllables per line; stress on every other syllable
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Iambic Pentameter
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Use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
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Onomatopoeia
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Ordinary writing with no rhyme or rhythm
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Prose
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Pattern or shape poetry. Words form an image.
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Concrete Poem
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To stress or single out the importance
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Accentuate
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To think anxiously; to sulk
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Brood
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A memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody
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Jingle
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Upward displacing swells, a build up
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Heaves
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