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25 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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the repetition of identical or similar consonany sounds, normally at the beginning of words.
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assonance
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the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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ballad meter
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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dactyl
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a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables.
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end-stopped
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a line with a pause at the end (punctuation)
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free verse
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poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical
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heroic couplet
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two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc with the thought usually completed in the two-line unit
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hexameter
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a line containing six feet
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iamb
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a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
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internal rhyme
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rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.
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pentameter
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a line containing five feet
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rhyme royal
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a seven line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer
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sonnet
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normally a 14 line iamic pentameter poem
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stanza
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usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme
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terza rima
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a 3 line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc
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tetrameter
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a line of four feet
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antecedent
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that which goes before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
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clause
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a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not be a complete sentence
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ellipsis
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the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable
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imperative
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the mood of a verb that gives an order
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modify
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to restrict or limit in meaning
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parallel structure
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a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or with a paragraph. Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields" speech depicts chiefly on the use of parallel structure
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periodic sentence
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a sentence gramatically complete only at the end. A loose sentence is gramatically complete before the period. The following are (1) periodic and (2) loose sentences
1. WHen conquering love did first my hear assail,/ Unto mine aid I summoned every sense 2. Fair is love, and cruel as she's fair |
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syntax
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the structure of a sentence
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