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14 Cards in this Set
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kenning |
metaphorical compound word used as an adjective |
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epithet |
collection of nouns acting as adjectives |
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syntax |
word order |
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inverted syntax |
reversing word order |
Alone I stood---- Alone stood I |
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apostrophe |
specific form of personification; directly addresses inanimate objects, animals, or people not there |
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caesura |
Pause in a part line in Anglo verse |
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Assonance |
repetition of vowel sounds |
He f•EE•ls the f•EA•r |
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consonance |
repitition of consonant sound at middle or end of word |
He feel•S the sail•S |
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parallelism |
repition of sentence or line structure used for emphasis |
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elegy |
A long poem abouy death |
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planctus |
long complaint about something |
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denotation |
dictionary definition of a word |
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connotation |
emotional or symbolic association of a word |
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5 senses of imagery |
Auditory, Oldfactory, Tactile, Gastronomic, and Visual |
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