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Examples of Idioms

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Piece of cake
Go the extra mile
Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Pull the wool over your eyes

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Idiom

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An expression used in a particular language and cannot be taken seriously.

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses, sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell. It is also called sensory language.

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Mood

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Overall feeling

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Tone

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Writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject or characters. Can often be described in a single adjective.

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Diction

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Writer’s word choice

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Connotations

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Emotional associations with the words

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Figurative Language

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It is imaginative language that isn’t supposed to be taken literally. Also know as figures of speech.

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Similie

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Uses like or as to compare 2 seemingly different things.

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Metaphor

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Compares 2 things without using like or as.

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Personification

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Gives human qualities to something nonhuman

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerates speech for emphisis.

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Drawing conclusions

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Arriving at an overall judgement or idea by pulling together several details.

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Repetition

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Repeating a sound, word, phrase, sentence, or group of lines

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of the words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in words

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of a word that sounds like what it means

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Rhyme

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The repetition of sounds at the end of words

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End Rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry

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Internal Rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

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Rhyme Scheme

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A regular pattern of end rhymes

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Stanza

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A group of lines

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Rhythm

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A pattern of beats

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Meter

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The rhythm of the poem is a regular pattern

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Symbol

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An object, a person, an animal or place that represents something beyond its literal meaning

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols, that can involve a certain object, setting, or image.

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Allusion

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A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event, or literary work. It means something more than itself.

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Narrative Poetry

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Tells a story, using elements such as a plot, characters, and settings.

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Lyric Poetry

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has a musical quality and expresses the feelings of a speaker

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Epic Poem

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Long narrative poem that tells about a larger than life hero

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Ballad

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Song-like narrative poem that deals with adventure and romance. Ballads use rhyme, meter, four-line stanzas, and a refrain

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Refrain

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A repeated line or group of lines

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Ode

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A long formal, lyric poem, that often honor people, events, and nature

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Free verse

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Poetry that doesn’t use a regular meter

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Haiku

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A Japanese verse that tells about nature. 5-7-5

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Limerick

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Humorous 5 line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme: aabba

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Concrete Poem

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A poem where the shape of the poem fits the subject

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Scan

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Used to identify the meter of the poem

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Lines and Line breaks

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Poetry is organized into lines

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word