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The Outsiders: Poetry Elements
Poetry Elements: Nothing Gold Can Stay
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English
7th Grade
01/28/2010
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Term
ALLITERATION
 Definition
repetition of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of words (example: "her hardest hue to hold")
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ALLUSION
 Definition
when the author makes a reference to popular culture with the expectation that the reader will understand (example, "I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman")
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PERSONIFICATION
 Definition
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities (example: "the wind whispers in the trees")
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METAPHOR
 Definition
comparison between two things, without using like or as (example, "Her early leaf's a flower")
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RHYME SCHEME
 Definition

the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or song, usually denoted with letters

(example: the rhyme scheme below is AABCCD)

 

Jack and Jill  A

Went up the hill   A

To fetch a pail of water.   B

Jack fell down   C

And broke his crown   C

And Jill came tumbling after!  D
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