Poetry Flashcards

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Metaphor

A

Compares two things.

Time is a thief.
You are a couch potato.

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Similie

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Compares two things using like or as.

Busy as a bee.
Clean as a whistle.

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3
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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-living creatures.

Opportunity knocked on the door.
The sun greeted me this morning.

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4
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Hyperbole

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Outrageous exaggeration.

You snore louder than a freight train.
You could’ve knocked me over with a feather.

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5
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Symbolism

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A word that has its own meaning but is used to represent something way different.

Dove=Love
Black=Death

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

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7
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Onamonpaeia

A

A sound device.

Boom!
Whoosh!
Score!

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Allusion

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Brief reference to a historical, mythical, or literary person, place, event or movement.

Kindness

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9
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Connotation

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Emotional feelings.

Happy,sweet
Neutral,busy

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10
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Denotation

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(Literal) meaning of the word.

Sherpas

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11
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Lines

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Poetry is written in lines.

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12
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Stanza

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Grouping of lines.

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13
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Repetition

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Repeated use of a sound.

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14
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Rhyme

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Repetition of words at end of lines.

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15
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Anthology

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Collection

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16
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Assonance

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Repetition of sounds.