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Collection 5/6
Ms. Johnson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| onomatopoea | use of words with sounds that echo their sense |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhymes |
| internal rhyme | occur within lines, as in this example: |
| end rhymes | occur at the end of a line |
| rhyme | use of words that sound similar |
| scanning | a poem’s rhythm can be shown by using accent marks ( ΄ ) for stressed syllables and cups ( ˇ ) for unstressed syllables |
| rhythm | rise and fall of voice as we use language |
| meter | regular pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables |
| free verse | does not have a regular pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables (sounds like ordinary speech) |
| limerick | humorous 5-line poem with a definite rhythm & rhyme scheme |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| repetition | recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| mood | overall emotion created by a work of literature |
| metaphor | imaginative comparison between two unlike things inwhich one thing is said to be another thing |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike thing, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles |
| motivation | any force that drives or moves the character to behave in a particular way |
| figures of speech | word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true |
| comparisons | searching for similarities |
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