unit 4: writting Flashcards
1
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repetition of the initial consonants of words.
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alliteration
2
Q
a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.
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free verse
3
Q
excessive exaggeration to make a point
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Hyperbole
4
Q
the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
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Imagery
5
Q
a comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things
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Metaphor
6
Q
a word that makes the sound of the action it describes
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Onomatopoeia
7
Q
a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects
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Personification
8
Q
the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem
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Rhyme scheme
9
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