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16 Cards in this Set
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Simile - A comparison using "like" or "as" between two unlike things that have something important in common.
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Same as Metaphor. O my Love's like a red, red rose, that's newly sprung in June (Robert Burns) |
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Metaphor - An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.
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Clarifies the qualities of the thing the author is comparing-- e.g., hope, like a bird, sings and gives happiness to a person. Hope is a thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson) |
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Extended Metaphor - A metaphor that continues for several stanzas or the length of a poem.
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By using this device, the author can thoroughly examine the similarities between the two unlike things. "The Fog" by Robert Frost is a short poem with extended metaphor. |
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Personification - A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
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Helps the reader understand the purposed or visualize the inanimate object. Heightens the importance of the object. The eyes of the old house watch me as I pass by ( Sharon Ruebel) |
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Allusion - A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.
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It functions similarly to a Metaphor. The reader can understand a complex concept quickly. This sports team is a Cinderella story! |
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Apostrophe - A device where the speaker talks directly to an absent person, living or dead, or even a nonexistent person or thing as if it was capable of understanding.
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Heightens the emotion of the poem. O, Death, be not proud (John Donne) |
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Vivid Word Choice - A device where the author chooses nouns, adjectives, or verbs that paint a strong mental picture and often have layers of meaning.
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Helps the reader visualize the images. Instead of saying " The dogs are mean," the author says. " The dogs prowled, looking to attack." |
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Juxtaposition - Placing two things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.
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Helps the reader see the differences and similarities between the two thing being juxtaposed and come to a deeper understanding of both. " A Long Walk to Water," or Love is like a soft cushion to sleep on and Hate is a stone. |
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Alliteration - The repetition of beginning consonant sound.
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Creates rhythm, mood, and emphasizes the phrase. Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ( Edgar Allen Poe) |
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Onomatopoeia - Words that imitate the sound they are.
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Creates a strong mental image.Bark, buzz, squishy
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Repetition - When the author repeats something.
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Creates emphasis, rhythm, mood.
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Assonance - Repetition of internal vowels
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Helps create rhyme, mood, and musicality in a poem. The crumbling thunder of seas ( Robert Louis Stevenson) |
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Consonance - Repetition of ending (of the word or stressed syllable) consonant sound
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Helps create rhythm and mood and emphasize a phrase. Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) |
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Rhyme Scheme - The pattern of rhyme in a poem
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Creates rhythmic, memorable language and makes the poem "sing." Also, when the pattern is broken, can create emphasis.
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Line Length - The numbers of words in a line.
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Short lines can provide emphasis or give a choppy feel to the rhythm. On the other hand, long lines can heighten emotion.
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Poetic Inversion - When a poet deliberately writes a sentence in a grammatical unusual way.
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Catches the reader's attention, highlights the information in the line, or keeps the rhythm of the poem.Like men, we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack. (Claude McKay)
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