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20 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds.
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Allegory
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a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor.
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Allusion
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a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
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Blank verse
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a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme
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Caesuras
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A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech.
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Couplets
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A pair of lines in verse that rhyme with the same length and meter
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Epigram
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A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
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Episode
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a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
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epithet
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a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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exemplum
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a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral truth
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fable
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A short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings.
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generalization
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a broad statement about an entire group
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heroic couplets
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a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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hyperbole
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a grossly exaggerated description or statement
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metonymy
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A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").
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negation
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a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
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octave
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a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate the sound they denote “buzz”
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paradox
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One exhibiting contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears" (Mary Shelley).
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parallelism
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repetition for effect: in writing, the deliberate repetition of words
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