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53 Cards in this Set
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words that express ideas and emotions; may contain rhyme and rhythm, but not always
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poetry
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set of lines that make up the form of the poem (verse)
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stanza
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words having the same sound
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rhyme
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rhyming words appearing at the end of lines of poetry
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end rhyme
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rhyming words appear within the same line in a poem
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internal rhyme
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rhymes that are not exact, but approximate rhymes
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slant rhyme
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slant rhymes may be called ___ _____ or ____ _____
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off rhyme or near rhyme
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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry
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meter
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a unit of measure=one measure of stressed and unstressed syllables
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foot
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Types of metrical feet:
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- iambic
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two syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable; most common meter
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iambic
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two-syllable foot with the stress on the first syllable
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trochaic
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three-syllable foot; third syllable is stressed
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anapestic
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three-syllable foot; first syllable is stressed
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dactylic
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one foot to a line
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monometer
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two feet per line
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dimeter
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three feet per line
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trimeter
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four feet per line
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tetrameter
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five feet per line
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pentameter
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six feet per line
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hexameter
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seven feet per line
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heptameter
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eight feet per line
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octameter
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nine feet per line
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nonameter
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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blank verse
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no regular meter and no rhyme
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free verse
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The voice in the poem; may or may not be the poet, possibly an object
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speaker
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Pattern or sequence in which end rhyme occurs
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rhyme scheme
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narrator tells a story, usually contains dialogue, usually is a longer poem
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narrative
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expresses emotion or conveys a "slice of life"; most common type of poetry
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lyric
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two lines with identical rhyme
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rhymed couplet
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two iambic pentameter lines with identical rhyme (often used by Shakespeare)
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heroic couplet
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four line stanza with rhyme and/or meter
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quatrain
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poem of 14 lines of iambic pentameter
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sonnet
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contains 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
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Shakespearean (English) sonnet
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contains an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines)
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Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet
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repetition of initial consonant sounds
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alliteration
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reference to person, place, event from history, religion, mythology
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allusion
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repetition of words, phrases, and clauses at the beginning of successive lines of poetry
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anaphora
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inverted order of words in a sentence
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anastrophe
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contrast of ideas expressed in similar structure
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antithesis
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addressing, speaking to, something inanimate, dead, or not there
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apostrophe
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repetition of vowel sounds
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assonance
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repetition of constant sounds
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consonance
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extreme exaggeration
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hyperbole
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words which appeal to the senses
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imagery
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the opposite of what is expected
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irony
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comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
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metaphor
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substitution of one word for another closely associated with it
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metonymy
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words that imitate natural sounds
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onomatopoeia
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giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
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personification
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use of symbols to represent something else
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symbolism
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use of a part to represent the whole; usually a part of the body
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synecdoche
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imagery that appeals to one sense while stimulating another
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synaethesia
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