Figurative Language Flashcards

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It presents ordinary things in fresh ways, communicating ideas that go beyond words ordinary meanings

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Figurative Language

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2
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A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as

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Metaphor

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3
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Using the word like or as

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Simile

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4
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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea

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Personification

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5
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An exaggerate statement used to make a point

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Hyperbole

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6
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Used to produce mental images

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Imagery

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7
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Use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings

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Onomatopoeia

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8
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Repetition of sound at the end of words

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Rhyme

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9
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Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle or end of atleast two word in a line of poetry

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Assonance

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10
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Repetition of consonant sounds

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Consonance

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11
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning

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Alliteration

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12
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Involves the physical arrangement of the words on the oage

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Form

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13
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A sentence or fragment of a sentence

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Line

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14
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A group of more than one line

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Stanza

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15
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A pair of lines that rhyme.

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Couplet

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16
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Unrhymed poem consisting of 3 lines and 17 syllables. About nature. (5)(7) (5)

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Haiku

17
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a humorous five line poem made up of 13 beats “AABBA”

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Limerick

18
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4 line poem “AA BB” “ABAB” “ABCD” on ABBA’

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Quatrain

19
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an unrhymed, 5-line poem

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Cinquain

20
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the running over of a line of thought into the next line without a strong break or pause

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Ensambment

21
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Does not contain regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

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Free verse