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33 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the first letter in two or more main words (the wild west the silent sea) |
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Allusion |
A reference to a presumably familiar person, place or event from history, literature, mythology or the Bible |
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Alternate rhyme |
Rhyming pattern where every other line rhymes (abab cdcd) |
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Assonance |
resemblance in sound of accented vowels (how now brown cow) |
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Bard
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A poet who once recited verses glorifying the deeds of heroes |
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Ballad |
A poem or song of popular origin in short stanzas often with a refrain |
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Blank verse |
Verse without rhyme; especially iambic pentameter, used in English epic and dramatic poetry |
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Connotation |
The implication or suggestion of a word, rather than a specific meaning |
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Consonance |
The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels ( "flip-flop" "feel-fill") |
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Couplet |
Two successive successive lines of verse that rhyme with each other |
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Epic |
A narrative poem dealing with the seed of a heroic person |
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Figurative language |
Language using works out of the literal meaning to add beauty or force ; language have many figures of speech (simile, metaphors, allusions etc.) |
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Free verse |
Poetry that uses neither a metrical patter nor rhyme |
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Hyperbole |
A figure of speech using obvious exaggeration for effect (the shot heard around the world) |
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Iambic |
A foot of verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
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Imagery |
The use of words and figures of speech that appeal to one of the senses (roaring fire gleaming knife) |
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Lyric |
A poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech implying comparison between two ordinarily dissimilar objects |
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Meter |
The pattern of stressed and I'm stressed syllables in English verse |
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Onomatopoeia |
the use of words that imitate sounds associated with the things descibed |
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Oxymoron |
A contradiction in terms (giant shrimp new tradition) |
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Paradox |
A seemingly contradicting statement which contains a basis of truth (youth is wasted on the young) |
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Personification |
A figure of speech attributing human characteristics to anything not human |
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Repitition |
The repeating of a word/phrase for poetic/dramatic effect (the wild, wild sea) |
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Rhyme |
The repetition of similar or duplicates sounds at regular intervals |
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Rhyme scheme |
The arrangement of rhymes in a unit of verse ( abab abab) |
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Rhythm |
The sense of movement attributes to the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of prose or poetry |
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Simile |
A comparison made between two unalike things using 'like' or 'as' |
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Stanza |
A group of lines which form a division of a poem |
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Symbol |
A figure of speech in which one thing represents something else |
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Tone |
The authors relationship to his material/to his audience or both |
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Verse |
A poem of specified metric or rhythmical composition |
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Concrete poem |
Poem that takes the shape of the content |
