Poetry/Figurative Language Vocabulary Flashcards

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Uses words & phrases to express a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.

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Figurative Language

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The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

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Repetition

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The text that takes up one line, or row, in a poem

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Line

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The primary organizing structure in poetry & verse that forms the basic recurring measure, generally separating one main idea, point, or event from another, similar to a paragraph

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Stanza

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The repetition of the same or similar sounds in words, usually the ending parts of words

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Rhyme

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Pattern of end rhymes in a poem; each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with A, then B, etc

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Rhyme Scheme

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The flow of rising & falling sounds in verse, created by repeating stressed & unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

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A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning

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Idiom

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A figure of speech that expresses a similarity between two or more things using the words "like" or "as

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Simile

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Word or phrase that is used to make a direct comparison

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Metaphor