rise up unit: terms and vocab Flashcards

(18 cards)

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End rhyme

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Rhyming at the end (of lines of poems)

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern made by Rhyming words
Color code

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Stanza

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group of lines forming a unit.

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Repetition

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repeated words or phrases in poems, stories, or speeches

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5
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alliteration

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Repetition of beginning sounds

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6
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personification

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giving human qualities to nonhuman objects/things

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simile

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comparison that’s like or as

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metaphor

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comparison

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allusion

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an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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10
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rhyme

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words that sound the same

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theme

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message of a story

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main idea

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moral or lesson of a story

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13
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imagery

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when the writer uses details to appeal to the readers five senses

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tone

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the mood

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symbolism

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when the author uses symbols to represent other things

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connotation

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causes emotions; the feelings that you associate with a word

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denotation

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dictionary definition of a word

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rhetorical devices

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3 ways to persuade a person