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18 Cards in this Set
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A line of poetry which is not end stopped and the sentence runs on to the next line without pause.
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Enjambment
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Lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in pairs, In Augustan poetry, each pair tends to be a complete sentence.
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Heroic Couplet
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A figure of speech that emphasizes through exaggeration.
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Hyperbole
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A line of five feet (weak stress followed by strong stress e.g. ti-tum)
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Iambic Pentameter
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Saying one thing while meaning another.
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Irony
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Refers to the style where something trivial is treated with ridiculous comic grandeur.
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Mock Heroic
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A speech or poem praising someone wholeheartedly.
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Panegyric
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An imitation of a work of literature to ridicule its characteristic features.
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Parody
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The art of speaking or writing effectively so as to persuade an audience to your point of view.
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Rhetoric
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Literature which holds up folly or vice to ridicule.
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Satire
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A comparison or likeness, often using "as when" to introduce sustained images.
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Epic Simile
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The transformation of someone into a god/goddess.
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Deification
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A figure of speech where one verb yokes together widely differing ideas.
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Zeugma
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"Opposite placing" - using contrasting ideas in neighboring sentences or clauses
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Antithesis
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An adjective or adjectival phrase which defines a special quality or attribute
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Epithet
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Moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, using the contrast to heighten the effect.
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Bathos
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Understanding or intelligence, showing imagination.
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Wit
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Ideas placed side by side to increase effect.
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Juxtaposition
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