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Subdecks (5)

Cards (22)

  • Language:

    powerful / evocative verbs
    powerful/ evocative adjectives
    Pronouns
    imperatives
    emotive language
    onomatopeia
    alliteration
    plosives
    sibilance
    oxymoron
    hyperbole
  • Imagery:

    Extended metaphor
    metaphor
    simile
    personification
    pathetic fallacy
  • Structure:
    Stanza
    repetition
    refrain
    anaphora
    tricolon
    sentence length
    sentence structure
    Punctuation (hyphen, ellipsis ( ... )exclamation, question marks)
    enjamberment (en-shzom-bear-mont)
    juxtaposition
    rhyme scheme - rhyming couplet
    metre
    Iambic penta meter = 10 syllables (5 feet each one has 2 syllables(di dum di dum di dum di dum di dum)
  • What is enjambement?
    Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or thought from one line of poetry to the next without a pause or punctuation.
  • What is an oxymoron?
    A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposite meanings.
  • What are imperatives?
    Commands or instructions.
  • What are plosives?
    A plosive consonant is an abrupt sound made by closing the mouth then releasing a burst of breath.