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11 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration:
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The repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning of words close to one another.
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Allusion:
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A reference to characters, places, events or objects from history, religion, mythology or literature, which the reader is supposed to recognize.
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Conceit:
Patrarchan Conceit: Metaphysical Conceit: |
An elaborate or extended comparison.
P: Conventional, as with the comparison of a lover to a ship M: when they are elaborate or ingenious comparisons of things not traditionally linked. |
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Diction:
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The choice of types of words, specific, words, and levels of language. Levels may be formed (lofty language) or informed (speech of daily life) or colloquial (speech of particular social classes).
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Irony:
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A figure of speech that creates a discrepancy between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or surface meaning and implied meaning.
Verbal: The thing stated is not the thing meant. Dramatic: Discrepancy between what the character believes or says and the truth possessed by the audience. Situational: Result of a situation is the reverse of what a character expects. |
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Lyric:
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A form of poetry that is relatively short and that emphasizes emotions, moods and thoughts rather than story.
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Paradox:
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An apparent contradiction that, upon deeper analysis, contains a degree of truth.
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Sonnet:
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A lyrics form of 14 lines, traditionally of iambic pentameter and following one of several established rhyme schemes.
English: Consists of three quatrains and a couplet. abab cdcd efef gg. Italian: First 8 lines (octave) state a problem, and the final 6 lines (sestet) begin with a turn, and resolve or comment on the problem. |
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Stanza:
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A division of a poem into a group of lines, traditionally according to rhyme scheme.
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Symbol:
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A figure of speech that links a person, place, object or action to a meaning that is not necessarily inherent in it.
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Title/Name Review
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Maggie & Pierre – Linda Griffiths
The Importance of being Earnest – Oscar Wilde Blood Relations – Sharon Pollock Childe Roland – Robert Browning The Idea of Order at Key West – Wallace Stevens Diving into the Wreck – Adrienne Rich |
