Poetic Techniques Flashcards
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Metaphor
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Comparison between 2 thing without using like or as
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Simile
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Comparison between 2 things using like or as
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Limerick
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5 lined poem
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Rhyme
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Words that sound the same
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Rhythm
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The beat or speed of the poem
5
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Sonnet
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A poem of 14 lines
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration
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Assonance
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Alliteration with vowels
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Onomatopoeia
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The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound
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Haiku
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3 lined poem, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
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Personification
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Giving actions to non-living things
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Acrostic
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Type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase
12
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Stanza
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A verse in poetry
13
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Pun
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Play on words
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
