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alliteration |
repeating the first consonants in two or more adjacent entry words. |
meanest moment made |
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parallelism |
sentence similar related words, phrases, or clauses |
orange time, bloom time, green time |
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isocolon |
a scheme of parallel structure with not just similar words but also in length |
He liked dogs, very cute dogs, big fluffy dogs |
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apposition |
placing two coordinates side by side, the second one explaining the first. |
the mountain was the earth, her home |
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parenthesis |
a verbal unit that interrupts the normal flow of a sentence sometimes not even related to the sentence. |
I was so horrified about the haunted mansion (my hair was on fleek doe) |
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antithesis |
both sides of the story sometimes can be messed up |
anti..... we took pity in them but made friends |
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Ellipsis |
word or words that are readily implied by the context it can make clear sentences or a awkward sentence. |
blonde story or very detailed story |
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asyndeton |
a series of related causes to produce hurries rythmn in a sentence. |
I came I saw I conquered |
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polysyndeton |
used to slow down the sentence |
many quotes in a sentence to make it long |
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assonance |
repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonants. |
whales in the wake, sea sick and snouted |
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Anaphora |
repeating same word or group of words to produce a strong pathos effect. |
we shall fight on beaches, we shall fight on grass, we shall fight for food |
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epistrophe |
Close to anaphora it's a group of words to create a strong claim |
logos..credibility in strong word for people |
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epanalepsis |
repetition of the end of a sentence again to make a strong emotion |
blood hath brought blood and blows have blows and strength matched with strength |
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anadiplosis |
repetition of the end word to the first word of a clause |
the crime was common..common be the pain |
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climax |
arrangement of words, phrases, in order to increase importance |
giving faith and trust to the people intensely |
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antimetabole |
repetition of words in reverse grammatical order |
one shall eat to live not live to eat |
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chiasmus |
reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. |
exalt his enemies, his friends destroys |
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polyptoton |
repetition of words derived from the same root |
we would like the contain the uncountable future In a glass |
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metaphor |
comparing two things of unlike nature |
the symbol of stress is the fruit of our struggle |
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simile |
explicit comparison between two things unlike nature |
the night is bleeding like a cut |
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synecdoche |
figure of speech when parts stand for a whole |
the crown has been plagued by scandal |
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metonymy |
substitution of some attribute or suggestive word |
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, and sweat. |
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antanaclasis |
a type of pun..repetition of a word in two different senses |
your argument Iis sound,nothing but sound |
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paronomasia |
use of words alike in sound but different meaning |
ask for me tomm you'll find me in a coffin |
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syllepis |
use of a word understood different in relation to two or more words |
there are certain woman who rather press grapes than clothes |
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anthimeria |
the substitution of one part of speech for another |
I'll unharmed thy head |
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periphrasis |
a substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name etc |
they do not escape Jim Crowther merely encounter another |
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personification |
mixing inanimate object with human qualities |
the night comes crawling in on all fours |
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hyberbole |
exaggerating terms to highlight the effect |
it rained for 800 years |
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litotes |
deliberate use of understatement |
last week I saw a women and u can't believe how fugly she was idk |
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rhetorical question |
asking a question to assert or deny something obliquely |
isn't it interesting that this person who claims hes Christian drinks and smokes? |
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irony |
to convey a opposite meaning to the literal meaning of the word |
this plan means that one generation will pay for another |
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onomatapoeia |
words that school the sense |
crunch snap crackle pop! |
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oxymoron |
the yoking of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory |
still waking sleep, that is not what it is...this love I feel, that feel no love is this |
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paradox |
a contradictory statement that never less contains a measure of truth |
art I'd a form of lying in order to tell the truth |
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allusion |
making casual or indirect reference to something |
it was all an allusion that the Atlantic blew up |
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ambiguity |
being doubtful or uncertain, unclear |
our brains don't like ambiguity |
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anapest |
the anapest is a three syllable foot accented in the last syllable |
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approximate rhyme |
ask someone |
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aubade |
a piece sung or played at dawn for someone |
propasal dinner date |
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audience |
a group of viewers, listeners, to speculate |
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ballad |
simple narrative poem, simple song for romantic shit |
just the way you areee |
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blank verse |
unrymed verse used in epic and dramatic verse |
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cacophony |
harsh discordant of sound |
cackle and wails traffic noise |
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casesura |
a break in the middle of a verse |
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Carpe diem |
seize the day enjoy the present don't place all hope in the future |
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conceit |
favoring ones own ability, importance |
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connotation |
an association or idea suggested by a word or phrase |
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consonance |
Accord or agreement |
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couplet |
verses that couple in length rhyme |
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dactyl |
one long word and two short word |
a finger or toe |
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denotation |
words with different meaning, wind air, fart gas |
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diction |
style of speaking or writing |
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dieter |
a verse with 2 lines |
as he is gone on the forest, he is lost in the mountain |
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dramatic monologue |
putting himself in a dramatic situation |
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dramatic situation |
a dramatic situation |
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elegy |
a sad poem a mournful peom |
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end rhyme |
rhyming the end of the poetry |
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English sonnet |
origin of English sonnet aka Shakespearean |
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enjambment |
running over a sentence from one line to another |
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epithet |
a descriptive word or phrase added to a persons name |
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euphony |
pleasing effect ,sound to the ear |
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feminine rhyme |
Double rhyme like motion,notion |
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hexameter |
a poem with six lines |
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iamb |
a foot of two syllables, short followed by a long meter |
in come live/ with me/ and be/ my love |
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imagery |
lines that describe images |
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masculine rhyme |
a rhyme but with a single syllable |
disdain, complain |
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meter |
the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables ina verse |
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octave |
music keys or verses |
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ode |
a poem to be sung, a lyric peom to express emotion |
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pentameter |
a line with 5 feet |
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quatrain |
peom with 4 verses usally with alternate rhymes |
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rhyme scheme |
a pattern of rhymes used in a poem |
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scansion |
shortcuts for a peom |
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sestet |
prosody the last six lines of a sonnet in Italian form |
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slant rhyme |
approximate or near rhyme |
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sonnet |
14 lines, Italian form of 8 lines,6 lines,6 lines |
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spondee |
a foot of 2 syllables, of which are long on quantitative meter or stressed in accental meter |
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stanza |
mixed lines with rhymes and etc to make a poem |
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syntax |
the studying of rules for grammatical sentences in a language |
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tercet |
3 lines thyme ing together or connected by a rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of 3 lines |
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theme |
topic, subject |
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tone |
the sound rather its quality ,pitch ,strength |
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trimester |
a period of 3 months |
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Trochee |
a foot of 2 syllables one London then short |
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villanelle |
two rhymes a short poem written in tercet (5) followed by final quatrain |
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