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17 Cards in this Set
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Terza Rima |
a rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking 3 line rhyme scheme ex. Second Satire by Sir Thomas Wyatt |
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Eye Rhyme / Sight Rhyme |
two words are spelled similar but pronounced different The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore |
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Villanelle |
A 19 line poetic form consisting of 5 tercets followed by a quatrain. There are 2 refrains & 2 repeating rhymes, with the first & third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines. Ex. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight by Dylan Thomas |
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Enjambment |
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line couplet or stanza Ex. It is a Beauteous Evening by William Wordsworth |
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Anaphora |
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence to avoid repetition, such as "I do" in "i like it" and "so do they" Ex. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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Caesura |
Any interruption or break Ex. Winters Tale by Shakespeare |
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Epistrophe |
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences ex. The Rebel by D.J. Enright |
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Anastrophe |
the inversion of words or clauses ex. Yoda from Star Wars |
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Chiasmus |
a rhetorical aliterary figure in whichwords grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated. Ex. Enjoy by Aul George |
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Euphony |
tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation ex. Emily Dickinson |
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Cacophony |
a harsh, discordant mixture of sound ex. Guillers Travel by Johnathon Switts |
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Synecdoche |
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole ex. the Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
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Antonomasia |
substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name ex. The Bard for Shakespeare |
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Synesthesia |
the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body es. John Keats ode to a nightingale |
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Litote |
understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative at the contrary (like in Adam is not an ordinary man) |
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Metonymy |
Substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant ex. Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind |
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Parallelism |
successive verbal constructions in poetry ex. community by John Donee |
