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english 1 H poetry skills
this is poo 2
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English
8th Grade
02/17/2010
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simile
 Definition
comparison using like or as
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personification
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giving human qualities to non human
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extended metaphor
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metaphor throughtout the whole poem
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inferred metaphor
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doesn't directly tell you one thing is something else
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repetition
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repeating of words
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meters
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rhythm; measured in foot
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foot
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unit of meters
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rhyme scheme
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a pattern the poem follows
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end rhyme
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rhyme at the end of a line
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internal rhyme
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rhyme in the middle of a line
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off (or half) rhyme
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words that are a little alike
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tone
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the attitude the author has toward the subject
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