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What is full rhyme?

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When the end of a word sounds the same as another.

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What is poetry?

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Art form, used to paint pictures of people, places, emotions, actions & nature.

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What is half rhyme?

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When words nearly sound the same.

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What is haiku?

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Comparisons. 3 line poetic snapshots of world with words on each line of 5, 7, 5. Include kigo - references to season/nature. Un rhymed

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What is a simile?

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Saying something is like or as another.

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What is a metaphor?

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Saying something Is something else.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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When a word sounds like the sound it is describing.

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What is alliteration?

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Repetition of consonant sounds.

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What are rhyming couplets?

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Two rhyming lines that go together.

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What is P.E.E?

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Point - the question
Evidence - quote
Explanation - answer

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What is P.E.R.S.U.A.D.E.?

What is it used for?

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Power of three
Emotive language
Rhetorical questions
Say again
Undermined opposing views
Anecdote
Direct address
Exaggeration

Persuading

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What is pathetic fallacy?

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Using weather/lighting to set mood.

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What is a hyperbole?

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Exaggeration

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Another word for type.

Another word for atmosphere.

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Genre

Mood

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How to use speech marks?

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Speech marks
Capital letter
Dialogue
Punctuation
Speech marks
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What is WRAP A PLUM?

What is it for?

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Why are you writing this?
Rhetorical question/repetition (is that what you want/its good...its good)
Audience (who are you talking to)
Polite (please)
Alliteration (sing song)
Personal pronouns (we/you/I)
List of 3 (wonderful, amazing, perfect product)
Unless/if/because (cause & effect)
Modal verbs (might happen)
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What is sibilance?

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Alliteration s sounds.

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What is a pseudonym?

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Name used instead of real name.

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What is an allusion?

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Reference to something.

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What is a stanza?

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Verse In poem

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What is form?

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How poem is laid out on page.

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What is zoomorphism?

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Personification of animals

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What is foreshadowing?

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Hint to what will happen.

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What is enjambment?

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When lines run into each other, no punctuation.

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What is a triad?

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3 line verse.

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What is a denoument?

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Big/dramatic reveal

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What is iambic pentameter?

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10 syllables in a line in 5 pairs.

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What does foetid mean?

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Rotting/disgusting smell.

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What does lucid mean?

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Expressing clear / easy to understand.

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What is another word for military Langauge?

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Martial language.

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What is a caricature?

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Depiction of person using exaggeration & oversimplification of features

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What is neologism?

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Creation of new words

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What is ambiguity?

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Several possible interpretations

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What is THIN VERA? What is it used for?

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Thin Vera Couldn’t Find The Map In Charlie’s Rolls Royce
Title. Voice. Context. Form. Tone. Mood. Imagery. Content. Rhythm. Rhyme.

Poem analysis.