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Figurative Language
Mixed bag
Sound Devices
Mixed bag 2
Miscellaneous
100
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
100

What is the repetition of the same vowel sound in words occurring near one another? (a,e, i, o, u)

assonance

100
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100

is a natural pause or break in the middle of a  line of poetry indicated by punctuation. (! . , ?,; )

Ceasura

100
swat, thump, buzz, kerplunk - special types of words
What is onomatopoeia?
200

"The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert." This is an example of what type of figurative language?

What is a metaphor?

200

refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

consonance

200
A sound, a word, or a phrase that is used more than once throughout the poem is a technique called..
What is repetition?
200

a line ending in which the syntax, rhythm and thought are continued into the next line. (the line continues to the next one, no punctuation)

enjambment

200
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
What is a simile?
300
"The lightening danced across the sky." This is an example of what?
What is personification?
300

is an obvious exaggeration or overstatement.

What is a hyperbole

300
The repetition of words at the ends of lines that have the same vowel and consonant sounds - for example (phone, tone)
What is rhyming?
300

These are examples of what? 

The only constant is change.

You have to spend money to make money.

The only rule is there are no rules.

paradox

300

a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part. 

“sails” refers to a whole ship

“boots” refer to soldiers

What is synecdoche? 

400

Name the 5 types of imagery

Visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, & gustatory

400

a recurring element, (word, idea, etc) found in a literary text.

What is a motif

400

The beat created by the use of stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is rhythm or meter

400
The lines in a poem are arranged into groups. These lines are not called paragraphs. They have a specific poetry term.
What is a stanza?
400

a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.

E.g The Crown= the king or quenn

METONYMY

500
Something that represents or stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
500

Two unlike ideas are placed side by side or within a text

Juxtaposition

500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
When the ends of each line in a poem follow a particular pattern. a a b b
What is rhyme scheme?
500
A type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines which follow the pattern of 5, 7, 5 syllables
What is a Haiku?