Poetic Tecniques Flashcards
0
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Rhyme
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Two words that sound the same
Cat and hat
1
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A simile
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Comparing things using like as or then
cute as a kitten
2
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Rhythm
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Amount of syllables in a sentence
I went to the supermarket
Has 8 syllables
3
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Limerick
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Funny,five lines poem
4
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Metaphor
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Comparing two things using words except like as or them
5
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Haiku
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Three line long poem about nature
6
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Sonnet
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A fourteen line poem
7
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that describes what it sounds like
BOMB!
8
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Personification
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Giving a non living thing a human ability
The flying chair
9
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Croatia
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Writing a word sideways and giving a sentence with each word to describe it
10
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Pun
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Play on words
11
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Alliteration
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The sound of the consonants
12
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Assonance
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The sound of the vowels
Rain in Spain
13
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Tone
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Mood of poem
14
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Theme
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What’s it about
