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10 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repetition of the same sound in a word group
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Assonance
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the use of the same vowel sound in a word group
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Ballad
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shortest form of narrative poetry
story told in verse usually meant to be sung |
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Beat
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Four lines - 1 & 3 four stress; 2 & 4 three stress
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter and unrhymed lines of 10 syllables each. Even numbered syllables have heavy stress.
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Chiasmus
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inversion of the order of the syntactical elements in the second of two juxtaposed & syntactically parallel phrases or clauses.
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Epic
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narrative poetry of great length which deals with heroic deeds
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Figures of speech
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literary term of expression where words arent meant literally
hyperbole, irony, simile, metaphor |
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Free Verse
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poetry which may be rhymed or unrhymed & free of metrical restrictions
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Hyperbole
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obvious overstatement or exaggeration used to create a humorous effect
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