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10 Cards in this Set
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Elegiac
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a poem that expresses sorrow/has a mournful tone
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Didactic
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to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson
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Homiletic
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the art of preaching or writing sermons
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Alliteration
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two or more words in the same sentence that start with the same letter (Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
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Symbolism
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expressing something indirectly by an image, form, or model
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Kenning
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metaphoric compounds of two words (Example: whale-path, swan-road, hell-brute, corpse-maker, etc.)
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Periphrastic epithet
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the expression of an idea in a roundabout, more elegant way (Example: Father of Glory,
Eternal Lord, etc.) |
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Simile
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a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
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Caesura
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a sudden pause within a line of a poem; it is indicated by the symbol //
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Figure of speech
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an expression in which words are used to create a forceful image; it is used to give a deeper
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