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27 Cards in this Set
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assonance
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a close repitition of vowels
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alliteration
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repitition of constonant sounds at the beginning of words
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foot
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group of syllables forming a metrical unit
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iambic
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unaccented accented
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trochaic
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accented unaccented
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anapestic
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2 unaccented followed by 1 accented
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dactyllic
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1 accented followed by 2 unaccented
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meter
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number of feet in a line of poetry
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scansion
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grouping syllables into feet + how many feet per line
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similie
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figure of speech in which a comparison is made using "like, or "as"
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personification
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giving human characteristics to an inhuman form
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caesura
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pause or break in a poem
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synaesthesia
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using sightetc. for another: cool sound
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onomatopoeia
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a word imitates a sound
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hyperbole
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a figure of speech using exaggeration for an effect
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allusion
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a reference to an famous historical pr literary person or event
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apostrophe
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an adress to something or someone absent as though present
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irony
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literary device: intent is opposite of what he says
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metonymy
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the substitution of a thing by some other thing that suggests it: king as crown
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synechdoche
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the substitution of a thing by one of its parts: All hands on deck"
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haiku
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a japanese form of poetry consisting of 3 lines evoking emotion through a clear picture
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anaphora
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repition of same expression at the begining of two lines
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villanelle
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19 line poem, french, 2 rhymes and repeating 2 lines to a set pattern
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epigraph
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a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme
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epilogue
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a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
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motif
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a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); especially : a dominant idea or central theme
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prologue
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the preface or introduction to a literary work
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