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Flashcards by erinpalmer, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by erinpalmer
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Simile | Comparison using "as" or "like" |
| Alliteration | Deliberate repetition of constant sounds |
| Assonance | deliberate repetition of identical/similar vowel sounds |
| apostrophe | an address to an absent/dead person or to an abstract entity |
| diction | poet's distinctive choices in vocabulary |
| echo | repetition of key word or idea for effect |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for dramatic effect |
| onomatepoeia | words that sound like what they men |
| oxymoron | contradiction in two words put together irony |
| paradox | statement that is contradicting but is accurate |
| personification | human motives or behaviours in impersonal agencies |
| rhyming couplet | pair of lines which end-rhyme expressing one clear thought |
| rhyme | repetition of the same sound |
| rhythm | internal beat and meter perceived when read aloud |
| tone, mood | feelings or meaning conveyed in the poem |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | indirect passing reference |
| juxtaposition | two or more things places side by side, even though they aren't usually associated with each other |
| euphony | sweetness of the sound |
| cacophony | harshness of the sound |
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