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10 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words. |
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Assonance |
The repetition of a vowel sound in a series of successive words. |
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Couplet |
two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry. |
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Diction |
The linguistic style, word choice, and metaphors used in a piece of poetry. |
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Dramatic Irony |
when the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not. |
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Dystopia |
a society characterized by poverty or oppression |
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End Rhyme |
A rhyme that comes at the end of two successive lines |
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Enjambment |
A thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line. |
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Hyperbole |
The use of exaggeration of ideas or statements for the sake of emphasis. |
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Internal Rhyme |
A rhyme that occurs within a single line or a verse |
