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41 Cards in this Set
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Imagery
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The collective set of images in a poem or other literary work.
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Simile
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A comparison of 2 things.
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Metaphor
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Comparison
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Personification
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Giving human traits to something that's not human.
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Synecdoche
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Use of a significant part or thing to stand for the whole.
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Apostrophe
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Talk to someone who can not respond.
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Metonymy
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Name is substituted for that of another closely related with it.
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration.
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Pun
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Playing with words that makes it funny.
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Understatement
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~Opposite of hyperbole
~No exaggeration at all |
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Euphony
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The harmonious effect when the sounds of the words connect with the meaning in a way pleasing to the ear and mind.
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Cacophany
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A harsh, discondant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used.
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Onomatopoeia
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A literary device that attempts to represent a thing or action by the word that imitates the sound associated with it.
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Alliteration
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The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of verse or prose.
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Assonance
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The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rhyme.
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Rhyme
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Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound.
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Slant Rhyme
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A rhyme in which the final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different. (letter & litter)
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Accent/Beat
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An emphasis or stress placed on a syllable in speech.
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Stanza
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A recurring pattern of two or more lines of verse.
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Run-on line
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A line of verse that does not end in punctuation, but carries on gramatically to the next line.
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Rythm
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The pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem.
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Stress
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An emphasis or accent placed on a syllable in speech.
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Meter
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A recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse.
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Cesura
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A pause within a line of verse.
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End stopped line
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A line of verse that ends in a full pause, usually indicated by a mark of punctuation.
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Villanelle
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~19 lines
~6 rhymed stanzas ~2 lines often repeated ~2 rhymes |
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Closed form
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~Structure with rules
~Specific pattern |
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Open form
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~Free verse
~Organic structure ~Undpredictable ~No strict pattern |
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Couplet
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2 lined stanza
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Tercet
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3 lined stanza
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Quatrain
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4 lined stanza
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Sonnet
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~14 lines
~2 parts ~Regular meter ~Rhymed |
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Paraphrase
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The restatement in one's own words of what we understand a literary work to say. Similar to a summary, although not as brief or simple.
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Explication
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Literally, an "unfolding." An entire poem is explained in detail, addressing every element and unraveling any complexities as means of analysis.
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Lyric
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A short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often written in the first person, traditionally has a songlike immediacy and emotional force.
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Narrative Poem
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A poem that tells a story. Narrative is one of the four traditional modes of poetry, along with lyric, dramatic, and didactic. Ballads and epics are two common forms of this kind of poem.
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Persona Poem (same as Dramatic Poetry)
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Any verse written for a stage, as in the plays of classical Greece, the Renaissance (Shakespeare), and neoclassical periods.
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Denotation
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The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.
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Connotation
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An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry, apart from its literal denotation or dictionary diginition.
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Intonation
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Tone of voice
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Inflection
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Change in pitch or loudness of a voice
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