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28 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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qualities & characteristics isolated as pure ideas.
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allegory
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extended metaphor-narrative in which the objects & persons are equated with meanings lying outside the personifications
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonants, particularly initial consonants
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allusion
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a reference to some event, person, or place or literary or historical significance
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ambiguity
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multiplicity of meaning
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assonance
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identity of vowel sounds, as in the words "scream" and "Beach".
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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cacophony
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harshness or dissonance. a succesion of harsh, slow moving syllables.
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closed couplet
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two lines of rhymed iambic pentameter
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connotation
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implied meaning & associations
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denotation
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a word's specific signification
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diction
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the choice of words in poetry or in any other form.
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euphony
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agreeableness of sound. a succession of light, harmonious syllables
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free verse
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does not conform to any fixed pattern
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image, imagery
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representation in poetry of any sense experience.
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irony
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discrepancy between what is said & what is mean
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understatement
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discrepancy, great or small, between what is actually said & what might be said
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onomatopoeia
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words which have been developed, as a matter of fact, in imitation of the sounds they designate. ex. "hiss" & "bang"
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quatrain
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a stanza consisting of four lines
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sextet
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the last six lines of a sonnet, in which the poet presents the conclusion she/he has drawn from the theme
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stock response
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the general uncritical response made on conventional or habitual grounds to a situation, subject, phrase or word.
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symbol
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a "sign" pointing to meanings
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metonomy
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the use of an attribute of an object to represent the object
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synecdoche
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substitutes a significant part of something for the thing itself
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iambic
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an unaccented followed by an accented syllable (avoid)
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anapest
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two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable (intervene)
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trochee
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one accented followed by one unaccented syllable (only)
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dactyl
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one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables (happily)
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