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REPEATED BEGINNING SOUNDS
"Silly Sally Sat on a Seesaw" |
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REPEATED VOWEL SOUNDS WITH DIFFERENT
CONSONANTS
"Do you like blue, too?" |
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STRETCHING THE TRUTH
"Her mouth is a mile wide!" |
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SPEECH OR WRITING THAT DOES NOT USE LITERAL MEANING.
EX: IDIOM, SIMILE, METAPHOR... |
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Japanese form of poetry with 17 syllables divided into 3 lines (5-7-5)
"The dog lies in grass
and chases cats in his sleep
never catching them." |
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| HYPERBOLE (Hi-PER-bo-lee) |
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Extreme exaggeration
"I would go to the ends of the earth for you." |
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| AN EXPRESSION WITH A MEANING THAT IS NOT LITERAL -"You have to pull yourself together!" |
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MENTAL PICTURE OR VISUALIZATION THE AUTHOR CREATES FOR THE READER
"the fiery sun sizzled on the horizon as it touched the ocean" |
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| HUMOROUS OR CLEVER 5-LINE POEM WHERE THE 1st, 2nd, 5th lines have 7-10 syllables and rhyme; the 3rd and 4th lines have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme |
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| A SINGLE GROUP OF WORDS IN A POEM |
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| A POEM THAT HAS CHARACTERISTICS OF A SONG |
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| COMPARISON USING THE WORD "LIKE" OR "AS" |
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| COMPARISON THAT DOES NOT USE THE WORD "LIKE" OR "AS" |
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| EMOTION THAT THE AUTHOR TRIES TO MAKE THE READER FEEL |
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| ONOMATOPOEIA (ON-uh-MAH-toe-pee-uh) |
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| SOUND WORDS "buzz, boing, hiss, shhh" |
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WHEN A NON-HUMAN TAKES ON HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS (ACTIONS, EMOTIONS)
"The trees were bowing in the breeze." |
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| A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF SOUNDS IN A POEM |
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| WORDS OR LINES THAT END IN THE SAME SOUNDS (BAT-MAT-CAT- SAT) |
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| RHYME SCHEME (RIME SKEEM) |
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| A PATTERN OF RHYMING LINES |
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| DESCRIBING DETAILS OF SIGHT, SMELL, SOUND, TOUCH, AND TASTE (5 SENSES) |
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| THE VOICE BEHIND THE POEM |
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| DIVISION OF LINES IN A POEM |
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| SYMBOLISM (SIM-bo-LIZ-um) |
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AN IDEA, PLACE, OR ACTION THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE
(A FLAG = FREEDOM OR PATRIOTISM |
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| TO MAKE FUN OF A SITUATION OR EVENT |
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A LYRIC POEM WRITTEN TO A PARTICULAR
SUBJECT |
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| RECURRING IDEA, CHARACTER TRAIT, LESSON OR MORAL |
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REPEATED CONSONANT PATTERNS WITH DIFFERENT VOWEL SOUNDS
The cat is sitting on the table. |
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