| A | B |
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| simile | uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 unlike things (This class is like a three-ring circus) |
| metaphor | describes 1 thing as if it were something else (You are the sunshine of my life) |
| personification | gives humas qualtities to a non-human thing (The sun smiled on our picnic) |
| symbol | something that represents something else (The flag is a symbol of our country; a dove is a symbol of peace) |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally, or as though it is real |
| sound devices | writing or speech that adds a musical quality |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (a busy bee...a flat bat...) tongue twisters |
| repetition | use of a sound, word or group of words more than once (the beat of the drum and the beat of my heart) |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds (quack, bang, drip-drip) |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the END of words (sit, lit, hit) |
| meter | arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables (The DAY beGAN at 8 o'clock) |
| free verse | no rhyme, pattern or rhythm...nothing special about it |
| consenence | repetition of similar consanant sounds at the end of accented syllables |
| meter | rhythmical pattern in a poem |
| "narrative" style | tells a story in one verse |
| "haiku" | 3 lines: 5, 7, 5 syllables |
| "lyric" style | uses thoughts and feelings |
| "ballad" style | tells a story about romance & adventure..song like |
| "concrete" style | poems are the shapes...like a heart..shape and poem must be alike... |
| "limerick" style | humorous, |
| rhyming couplets | 2 lines..short poems..can be at the end (conclusion) |
| assonance | repetition of voweled souncs followed by different consonants in stresed syllables |
