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30 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial constant sounds
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onomatopoeia
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a use of words that imitate sounds.
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in 2 or more stressed syllables
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consonance
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repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables
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meter
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a poems rhythmacal pattern- by number and types of stresses or beats in each line
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rhythm
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the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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rhythm patterns
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the way the poem is organized into stresses and beats
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iambic
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a foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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trochaic
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a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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anapestic
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a foot with 1 strong stress followed by 1 strong stress
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octave
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8 line stanza
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blank verse
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poerty written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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free verse
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not written in rhythms. no pattern. no meter. dominat for of contemporary poetry.
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dactylic
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a foot with one strong stress followed by two unstressed syllables
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spondaic
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a foot with 2 strong stresses
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feet
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the groups of stressed and unstressed syllables
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monometer
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one foot
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dimeter
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2 feet
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trimeter
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3 feet
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tetrameter
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a verse with 4 foot lines
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pentameter
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5 foot lines
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hexameter
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6 foot lines
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heptameter
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7 foot lines
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end rhyme
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rhyming words come at the end.
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internal rhyme
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the rhyming fall within a line
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couplet
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2 line stanza
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quatrain
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4 line stanza
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cinquain
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5 line stanza
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sestet
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6 line stanza
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heptastich
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7 line stanza
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