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38 Cards in this Set
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hyperbole |
a figure of speech that involves exaggeration of ideas for emphasis |
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imagery |
using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a way that it appeals to our physical senses |
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lyric |
a short poem expressing strong feelings or thoughts of a single speaker in a meditative manner |
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message |
an unspoken meaning or moral |
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meter |
a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem |
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occasional poem |
poetry composed for a particular occasion |
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ode |
a form of poetry such as a sonnet or elegy; a literary method that is lyrical in nature, but not very long |
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anapestic |
a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables that are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed |
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ballad stanza |
consists of four lines with an alternating couplet and lines that alternate from four iambic feet to three |
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villanelle |
a poetic device which requires a poem to have 19 lines and a fixed form -5 tercets (first 15 lines) -a quatrain (last 4 lines) with a couplet at the end of the quatrain |
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apostrophe |
a figure of speech sometimes represented by the exclamation "O" |
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ballad |
a type of poetry or verse which was basically used in dance songs in France |
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caesura |
rhythmic pause in a poetic line or sentence |
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trochaic |
metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one |
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tezra rima |
rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme |
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chiasmus |
a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect |
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dactyl |
a metrical foot, or a beat in a line, containing three syllables in which first one is accented followed by second and third unaccented syllables |
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diction |
style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of the speaker or writer |
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elegy |
form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased |
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fable |
literary device which can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end |
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farce |
literary genre and the type of a comedy that uses highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience |
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genre |
the type of art, literature, and music characterized by a specific form, content, and style |
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overstatement |
an act of stating something more than it is in order to make the point more serious, important, or beautiful |
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parallel structure |
use of components that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, or meter |
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personification |
a figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes |
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quatrain |
verse with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme |
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refrain |
verse, line, set, or group of lines that appears at the end of a stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections |
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rhetorical question |
asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected |
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rhyme |
repetition of similar words occurring at the ends of lines in poems or songs |
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rhythm |
literary device which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables |
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sarcasm |
literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously |
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satire |
a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings |
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shaped verse |
a poem written so the lines form a physical pattern, usually related to the subject the poem is talking about; also known as a concrete poem; visual |
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speaker |
voice in a poem, the person (or thing) that is speaking |
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stanza |
group of lines that form unit in a poem |
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symbolism |
the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense |
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synecdoche |
a literary device in which part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole representing a part |
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scansion |
the process of analyzing a poem's meter |