Rhyme, rhyme scheme, theme, and figurative language flashcard

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What is Rhyme Scheme?

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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Identify the rhyme scheme of the following lines: Little kitten rolling around, Chasing a piece of string, Fluid in its beauty, Amazed at everything.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the term for the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a poem?

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Rhyme scheme.

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What is a couplet?

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A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities or emotions to animals or inanimate objects.

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a blank line.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.