Poetic Elements Flashcard

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Imagery

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Language that helps readers imagine using the '5 senses'.

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Rhythm and Meter

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The 'beat' or regular pattern of sounds in a poem.

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Simile

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A comparison using 'LIKE' or 'AS'.

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Personification

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Describing non-human things using human qualities.

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Idiom

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Phrases that mean something different than what they say.

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'LIKE' or 'AS'.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds (e.g., buzz, hiss).

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Rhyme

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.