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What is the definition of a metaphor?

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Metaphor - direct comparison between 2 things

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What is the definition of a personification?

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Personification – A figure of speech in which nonhuman things are given
human characteristics

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What is the definition of a oxymoron?

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Oxymoron – Two complete opposites put together (iced fire) to create a contrast

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What is the definition of a rhyme?

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Rhyme - The same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words

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What is the definition of a caesura?

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Caesura - A natural pause or break in a line of poetry

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What is the definition of a Enjambment?

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The line continues to the next without punctuation

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What is the definition of a Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia - where is that sound like the word they describe

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What is the definition of a consonant?

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A letter that isn’t a vowel

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What is the definition of a form?

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type of poem

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What is the definition of a Assonance?

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Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds

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What is the definition of a sonnet?

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Sonnet – 14 lines. Abab rhyme scheme. 10 syllable per line. Often about love and romance.

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What is the definition of a Stanza?

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Stanza – the way a poem is divided into chunks of lines

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What is the definition of a haiku?

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Haiku - A Japanese poem in three lines of five, seven, and five

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What is the definition of a simile?

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compares two things using the words “like” or “as.”

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What is the definition of a pathetic fallacy?

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how weather and setting is effected by the mood

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What is the definition of a foreshadowing?

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storyteller gives a hint of what is going to happen

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What is the definition of a imagery?

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Visually descriptive language

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What is the definition of a plosive?

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Harsh sounding letters - air can’t go out as tongue is at the roof or your your lips are shut

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What is the definition of a fricatives?

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Soft sounding letters - air can go in and out

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What is the definition of alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter in two words

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What is the definition of a sibilance?

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Repeated words that start with s

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What is the definition of rhythm?

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A repeated pattern of a beat or a sound

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What is the definition of personification?

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giving inanimate things human feelings and responses

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What is the definition of repetition?

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Words or lines that appear agian

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What is the definition of a semantic field?
A set of words that share the same meaning
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What is the definition of symbolism?
The use of symbols to represent different meaning
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What is the definition of juxtaposition?
Two things placed to each other to create a contrasting effect
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What is the definition of tone?
The poet's attitude toward the poem speaker, reader and the subject matter
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What is the definition of allegory?
A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
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What is the definition of a couplet?
A pair of successive lines of verse
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What is the definition of a allusion?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
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What is the definition of anaphora?
The use of words referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation
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What is the definition of a internal rhyme?
Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry
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What is the definition of a volta?
Shift or turn in the thematic focus of a poem
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What is the definition of synaesthesia?
Combining sensory experiences in one expression
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What is the definition of figurative language?
Use of metaphorical expressions or figures of speech
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What is the definition of cacophony?
Harsh, discordant sounds within a phrase of verse
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What is the definition of free verse?
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
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What is the definition of euphemism?
Substitution of a mild or indirect expression for a harsh or blunt one
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What is the definition of blank verse?
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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What is the definition of irony?
A contrast between expectation and reality
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What is the effect of alliteration?
To inject mood or emotion into a piece of writing
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What is the effect of a plosive?
A harsh feel/sense of broken or disjointed
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What is the effect of a sibilance?
Can evoke a whisper or whistle
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What is the effect of rhyme?
Creates an echo, so it has a long lasting effect
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What is the effect of a rhythm?
Give it a musical quality
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What is the effect of a simile?
To directly compare 2 aspects to illustrate bigger ideas
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What is the effect of a metaphor?
To make direct comparison between 2 objects
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What is the effect of a stanza?
To group sections
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What is the effect of personification?
Allows the reader to connect with the personified object
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What is the effect of repetition?
To reinforce the importance of the word
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What is the effect of onomatopoeia?
To display the sounds that is happening
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What is the effect of pathetic fallacy?
Makes writing more vivid and descriptive
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What is the effect of a semantic field?
To maintain a certain concrete image in the minds of readers
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What is the effect of caesura?
To add breaks to stop the flow of a piece, evokes disruption or an ending
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What is the effect of imgaery?
To give a visual image in the minds of readers
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What is the effect of symbolism?
To indirectly give double meanings
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What is the effect of enjambment?
It builds the drama ai it keeps on going without pausing or stops/adds speed to evoke frantic or longer ideas
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What is the effect of juxtaposition?
To invite the reader to compare, contrast the relationship of the two
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What is the effect of tone?
Allows the reader to understand and relate to the speakers/poets emotion
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What is the effect of allegory?
Allows the writer to solidify knowledge of a more complex idea
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What is the effect of couplet?
Can unite 2 words and create a fun mood
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What is the effect of allusion?
Add depth and layers of meaning by referencing something familiar to the audience
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What is the effect of anaphora?
Creates a sense of monotony or can reinforce something familiar to the audience
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What is the effect of assonance?
Creates musicality and rhythm in the language
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What is the effect of an extended metaphor?
Deepens understanding through a sustained analogy
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What is the effect of an internal rhyme?
Enhances rhythmic quality and emphasis within a line
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What is the effect of a volta?
Marks a change in tone or perspective
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What is the effect of a synaesthesia?
Evokes a multisensory experience
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What is the effect of figurative language?
Adds layers of meaning beyond literal interpretation
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What is the effect of cacophony?
Creates a sense of chaos or unease
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What is the effect of free verse?
Allows for greater freedom in expression
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What is the effect of verse?
The fundamental building block of poetry
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What is the effect of euphemism?
Creates anticipation and suspense
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What is the effect of foreshadowing?
A natural and flexible poetic form
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What is the effect of irony?
Provokes thought and often adds humour or depth

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