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26 Cards in this Set
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Denotation |
Dictionary definition of a word |
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Connotation |
Implied meaning of a word |
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Metaphor |
Direct comparison |
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Simile |
Indirect comparison using words "like" or "as" |
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Symbols |
Symbols are objects I can stand for General ideas |
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Mood |
Feeling poem is trying to create |
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Tone |
Attitude |
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Hyperbole |
Overstatement or exaggeration not intended to be taken seriously |
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Allegory |
A whole world of symbols. Example would be Wizard of Oz. |
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Rhyme |
Repetition of sounds. Like vowel sounds or consonant sounds. |
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End rhyme |
Ending sound rhymes |
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Sight rhyme |
Looks like a rhyme but it is not |
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Internal rhyme |
Occurs within the line |
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Assonance |
Repetition of vowel sounds within words for instance hoop Gloom and boot |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of initial consonant sounds such as ship size and shape |
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Cacophony |
Unpleasant sound created by clashing consonants |
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Euphony |
Pleasant spoken sound created by smooth consonants |
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Onomatopoeia |
Imitation of natural sounds of things |
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End stop |
Occurs when a line of poetry ends with grammatical boundary or break. An end-stopped line is a poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a synthetic unit . can be expressed in writing such as a punctuation mark like a colon semicolon |
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Enjambment |
Continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet into the next. |
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Consonance |
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase this repitition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter |
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Rhythm |
Rhythm in poetry refers to the beat, a series of stresses, positive, and accents. |
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Couplet |
Two rhyming lines |
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Shakespearean / English sonnets |
Iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet with rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg |
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Italian sonnets |
Divided into two quatrains and a six-line sestet. A soonet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns such as cde cde or cdc dcd |
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Iambic |
Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one |
