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Imagery
words and phrases used specifically to help the reader to imagine each of the senses of smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste
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Metaphors
Like a simile, a metaphor points out the resemblance between two unlike things. Does not use like or as.
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Simile
Compares two unlike things using a word such as "like" or "as" to suggest similarites.
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Personification
Gives human qualities to something nonhuman.
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Symbolism
When one thing stands for/symbolizes another.
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Onomatopoeia
Sounds used in writing.
Ex. crack, boom, etc.
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Alliteration
the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words.
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Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
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Parallelism
the repetition of phrases or sentences that are similar in meaning or structure.
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The Petrarchan Sonnet
A fourteen line poem. It consists of two parts. The first part is eight lines long, with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba. The second, six line part usually has a cdecde rhyme scheme.
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The Shakespearean Sonnet
10 syllables with a stress on every other syllable. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.
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Free verse
No fixed rhythm, rhyme scheme, or length in a poem
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Tone
shows the mood of the poem.
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