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A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between ideas that are basically dissimiliar.

What is a simile?

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The use of any element of language (a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or stanza) more than once. Used to add emphasis, drama, and musical rhythm.
What is repetition?
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The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
What is Rhyme?
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A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a Metaphor?
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A tongue twister is an example of this device. 

What is alliteration? 

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The authors reason for writing the poem or story.
What is the authors purpose
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A poem that tells a story; it has a sequence of events, characters, and a setting.
What is Narrative Poetry?
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An object, person, or idea that represents something beyond itself. It is used to make a point, create a mood, or reinforce a scheme.

What is a Symbol?

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This can be considered an inside joke or something so famous the audience makes the connection. 

What is an allusion?

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Ms. Luedeman's favorite hockey team who is trying to get into the playoffs for the first time in 6 years. 

Who are the Detroit Red Wings? 

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A part of a narrative in which the action of the story is at its peak and the feelings of the readers are at their most intense.
What is the climax.
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration?
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The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
What is irony?
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The run down house appeared depressed, is an example of this type of literary device.
What is Personification?
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Her head was spinning from all the new information. Is an example of what type of poetic device?

What is Figurative Language?

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The pattern of beats or stresses in a language.
What is rhythm?
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A technique that gives human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
What is Personification?
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The use of words, like "buzz" and "whirr" that imitate the sounds that they name.
What is Onomatopoeia?
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A regular pattern of rhyming words that appear at the ends of lines in a poem. It might look like AABBCCDD when analyzed. 

What is Rhyme Scheme?

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The teacher was like STAR WARS, awesome and legendary all wrapped into one amazing package. Is an example of this type of poetic device.
What is a Simile?
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Ordinary, non-poetic language.

What is prose?

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The attitude toward the subject that an author conveys in a piece of writing; the tone is often shaped by the author's purpose.
What is Tone?
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A writer's use of word choice that can help to create a humorous effect.
What is Diction?
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In poems, a grouping of line together like a mini paragraph are called this. 

What is a stanza? 

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Language that means more than it says literally and is often used to create vivid impressions by introducing comparisons between dissimiliar things.
What is Figurative Language?
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