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Poetry 101

Study poetry - it's awesome!

Study poetry - it's awesome!

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This flashcard set helps secondary school students learn English poetry terms and structures. It focuses on vocabulary related to poetic devices like "zeugma," "simile," and "pleonasm," as well as various rhyme schemes and meter types. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to study from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and poetry enthusiasts, this set aids in understanding and analyzing poetic techniques, making it valuable for those at an intermediate to advanced level in their English language journey.
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Anglais
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Anglais
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Collège
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08.09.2022 / 14.09.2022
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hyperbole

Extravagant exaggeration

· litotes

Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

· metaphor

A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

· metonymy

A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

· onomatopoeia

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

· oxymoron

A combination of contradictory or incongruous words

pleonasm

The use of more words than those necessary to talk about the same issue:

I saw it with my own eyes

· Simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as"

cheeks like roses

· zeugma

The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one

She opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy

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