alliteration

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alliteration

• Definition the repetition of the same
  consonant sound at the beginning of several words
  
• Synonyms tongue twisters
• Antonyms idiom
• two turtles
• trotting

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exaggeration

• Definition the obvious stretching of the
  truth
• Synonyms tall tale, hyperbole
• Antonyms truth, fact

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free verse

• Definition poetry written
• without a regular rhyme
• scheme, meter or form
• Synonyms ordinary
• Antonyms rhyme scheme

once a snowflake fell on my brow and I loved it
so much and I kissed
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hyperbole

• Definition extreme exaggera-tion that puts a
  picture in the readers mind.
• Synonyms tall tale
• Antonyms alliteration
• Im so hungry I could
  eat a horse

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idioms

• Definition a common phrase made up of words
  that cant be understood by their literal, or
  ordinary, meanings.
• Synonyms common phrases
• Antonyms alliteration
• Its raining cats
• and dogs

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Imagery

• Definition language that appeals to the five
  senses touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight
• Synonyms highly descriptive
• Antonyms exaggeration

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internal rhyme

• Definition words within the
• same line rhyme
• Synonyms similar sounds
• Antonyms metaphor
• I cooked, I cleaned, I worked like a fiend.

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metaphor

• Definition a direct comparison
• not using like or as
• Synonym unusual comparison
• Antonyms simile
• She is a gem.

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onomatopoeia

• Definition the use of words
• that sound like the noises they describe
• Synonyms sound words
• Antonyms exaggeration
• zip

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personification

• Definition giving human
• characteristics to an animal,
• object or idea.
• Synonyms
• talking rabbits,
• singing turtles,
• dancing chairs
• Antonyms rhyme

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repetition

• Definition to repeat something
• (a sound, word, phrase, or
• sentence)
• Synonyms end rhyme, alliteration
• Antonyms hyperbole
• Rapping, rapping, rapping at my
  door

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rhyme scheme

• Definition a repeated regular pattern of
  rhymes at the ends of lines of poetry
• Synonyms rhyme pattern
• Antonyms idioms
• AABB
• ABAB CDCD

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simile

• Definition a comparison using like or as
  
• Synonyms similarities
• Antonyms metaphor
• She is as pretty
• as a rose

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stanza

• Definition a group of lines in a poem set
  off by blank lines
• Synonyms paragraph
• Antonyms hyperbole
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