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What is a simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
What is a metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object as something that it is not.
What is a caesura
It is a pause or break in a verse where a phrase ends and the next phrase begins
What is enjambment
Enjambment is when a line runs over from one line to the next without punctuation
What is tone and tonal shift
A tonal shift is a shift in a story’s overall feeling from where it started.
What is iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter is a metric line used in poetry that describes the rhythm established by the words in a line
What is personification
Personification occurs when a thing is represented as a person
What is alliteration
Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words
What is rhyme scheme
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines,the poem and verses.
What is rhythm
Rhythym is a repeated pattern of movements or sounds.
What is repetition
Repetition is a repeating action that has been said or written
What is onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the word of a sound that has been made
What is slang
A informal type of writing
What is colloquial language
An informal type of writing using imformal words, phrases and slang words
What is nonsensical language
A speech that makes no sense that can have sounds that are not actual words
