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Undergraduate 1
08/24/2014

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Term

Simile

 

Definition

Comparision of two unlike things using'as' or 'like'

 

Example: She was like a cold winter morning.

Term
Apostrophe
Definition

Poetic device where the poet talks to a absent person

 

Example: Hey You! Leave those kids alone

Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition

A word that's sounds suggests its meaning

 

Example: Bang, Splat, Boing

 

Term
Alliteration
Definition

Repetition of intital consonant sounds

 

Example: She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

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Imagery
Definition

Words/Phrases that bring a certain image to the consumers mind.

 

Example: Barcelona

Where the winds all blew

The churches don't have windows

But the graveyards do

 

 

Term
Hyperbole
Definition

Exaggeration for effect

 

Example : The bag weighed a ton.

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Repetiton
Definition

Repeting words for emphasis

 

Example: All we need is Love, Love

Love is all we need

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Enjambment
Definition

Running over of a sentence from one line of poetry to the next

 

Example:

Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us…
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Refrain
Definition

Repetition of a line or phrase at regular intervals.

 

Example: The Revolution will not be Televised

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