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What is a paradox?
A statement that contradicts itself and is still true anyway
One perception of a different or even opposite feeling
A complete and detailed analysis of a work of literature
A statement where 2 opposite ideas join to create an effect
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A comparison where something is described as being something else. Using
is
or
was.
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
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A poem consisting of 14 lines.
Limerick
Lyric
Sonnet
Prose
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This term is used to describe the sections of a poem.
Sonnet
Stanza
Limerick
Prose
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Language not meant to be taken literally.
Figurative Language
Diction
Rhetorical Language
Literal Language
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What is a soliloquy?
A type of poem in which a speaker addresses the readers.
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself
A short but definite pause within a line of poetry.
A character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by others.
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This is when a word or idea appears more than once.
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
Simile
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The author describes something by giving it human qualities.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
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This word describes the beat of a poem.
Rhythm
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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An example of
alliteration
in poetry is...
"It sags like a heavy load"
"My brother was boiling mad."
"The wonderful wind whistles"
"The little dog laughed"
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A comparison, using the words
like
or
as
.
Simile
Rhyme
Personification
Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
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This is when vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar.
Alliteration
Assonance
Personification
Hyperbole
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What is an oxymoron?
A statement that contradicts itself and is still true anyway
A statement where 2 opposite ideas join to create an effect
Formation of a word from a sound associated with an object.
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things
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"My alarm clock yells at me every morning"
is an example of...
Simile
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Personification
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This is when a line of a poem, or words within the lines, end with the same sounds.
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
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This is when words begin with the same sound or letters.
Assonance
Alliteration
Personification
Repetition
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"It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets"
is an example of...
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
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This is when an idea from one line runs on to the next line.
Hyperbole
Enjambent
Personification
Alliteration
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The speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem.
Theme
Atmosphere
Tone
Mood
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A poem consisting of three lines with a total of 17 syllables.
Sonnet
Narrative
Haiku
Prose
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This is when a word sounds like the noise it makes.
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Alliteration
