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| Question | Answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| RHYTHM | In poetry, rhythm implies that certain words are produced more force-fully than others, and may be held for longer duration. -the regular pattern of beats and emphasis in a piece of music | ballad | a song or poem, especially a traditional one or one in a traditional style, telling a story in a number of short regular stanzas, often with a refrain |
| simile | a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as, | theme | a melody that is repeated, often with variations, throughout a piece of music |
| personification | personification is a type of metaphor in which distinctive human characteristics, e.g., honesty, emotion, volition, etc., | free verse | verse without a fixed metrical pattern, usually having unrhymed lines of varying length |
| Hyperbole | A bold deliberate overstatement, obvious exaggeration used for effect, e.g. "I'd give my right arm for a piece of pizza, could eat a million of these"Not intended to be taken literally. | Consonant | linguistics a speech sound produced by partly or totally blocking the path of air through the mouth. |
| Figure of sound | sometimes called sound devices, these include onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, euphony, resonance, and others. | ||
| Assonance | The relatively close juxtaposition of the same or similar vowel sounds, but with different end consonants in a line or passage, thus, a vowel rhyme, as in the words, date and fade. | ||
| alliteration | Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. For example: P eter P iper p icked a p eck of p ickled p | ||
| onomatopoeia | O nomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. also imitative harmony Example: splash, wow, gush, kerplunk Such devices bring out the full flavor of words. | ||
| repetition | Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern is a basic unifying device in all poetry. It may reinforce, supplement, or even substitute for ... |
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