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10 Terms
Simile
Comparison between 2 things using like or as
Metaphor
A description of one thing as if it were another
Ex. The morning sun is a red rubber ball
Personification
Human characteristics to a non human subject
Ex. The sea was angry that day, my friends
Paradox
A situation that seems contradictory but expresses a truth
Ex. The more things change, the more they stay the same
Haiku
5,7,5 syllables
Sonnet
14 line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhythm and rhyme
Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in stressed syllables
Ex. The fair breeze blew
Consonance
The repetition of final constant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds, as in sit and cat
Onomatopoeia
the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning, such as pop or hiss
Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonants, as in seal and meet
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