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8th Grade
02/02/2011
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personification
 Definition
giviing an inanimate object human traits
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metaphor
 Definition
comparing 2 things without using like or as
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Iamb
 Definition
unstressed, stressed
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trochee
 Definition
stressed, unstressed
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anapest
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un, un, stressed
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dactyl
 Definition
stressed, un, un
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synecodche
 Definition
use a part to take the place of whole
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simile
 Definition
comparing 2 things using like or as
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imagery types (3)
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visual, auditiory, tactile
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meter
 Definition
# of feet per line
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foot
 Definition
type of measurement
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symbolism
 Definition
using symbols to represent a larger body
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motif
 Definition
recurring element
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stanza
 Definition
chapter to book, stanza to poem, divided into section
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alliteration
 Definition
repetition of consonant sound
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assonance
 Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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rhyme scheme
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poem that has repetition of pattern of rhyme
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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onomatoppoeia
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words to represent sounds
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mood/tone
 Definition
feeling conveyed in part of poem, tone feeling conveyed in whole poem
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conceit
 Definition
metaphor that last entire poem
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anthropomorphism
 Definition
personification of animals
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