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Metaphor
a direct comparison between two unlike things
Ex: His words were sharp knives
Imagery
sensory details denotiong specific physical experiences (describing something)
Ex: The bright orange sun was setting over the deep blue ocean, setting the sky and sea ablaze with light.
Onomatopoeia
refers to individual words like "splash" or "thud" whose meanings are closely related to their sounds
Rhyme
an unexpeceted word is magically made to fit with another
Ex: There was this
frog
who sat on a
log
waiting for the
hog
, but along came this
dog
that frightened the
frog
, and now the f
rog
rests in the
bog
.
End-Rhyme
a rhyme pattern in a poem that falls at the end of the lines
Ex
: Do not go gentle into that good
night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the
light.
Assonance
The repetition of similar sounding vowel sounds
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Author
cardfrenzy
ID
170686
Card Set
Vocab for English
Description
This is to help with poetry defenitions
Updated
2012-09-13T16:42:00Z
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