Poetic Techniques Flashcards
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Metaphor
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Comparing two things
1
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Simile
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Comparing something not using like, as or then
2
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Limerick
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A five line poem
3
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Rhyme
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Ends of words being the sake
E.g. blame James
4
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Rhythm
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The beat
5
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Sonnet
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A poem consisting of 14 lines and rhyming
6
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Hyperbole
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Exaggerating
7
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Assonance
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8
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like the word it’s describing
9
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Haiku
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A 3 lined poem usually about nature
10
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Personification
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A person who represents an abstract quality
