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40 Cards in this Set
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el verso llano
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regular - correct number of syllables naturally
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el verso agudo
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the last syllable is accented and counts for 2 syllables
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el verso esdrujulo
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the accented syllable is la antepenultima (the third to last one)
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sinalefa
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one word ends in a vowel and the next starts with a vowel and they are combined into one syllable (diptongo duhhhh)
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sineresis
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two vowels put together to form an artificial diptong...wouldnt normally create one but in order to eliminate a syllable it can be done
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dieresis
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opposite of sinerisis...separating into two syllables despite having vowels that should form a diptong
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hiato
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opposite of sinalefa...one word ends in vowel and other starts in one, but they dont get combined into a diptong
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el verso heptasilabo
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alternating between 7 and 11 syllables per line
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el verso octosilabo
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8 syllables per line (used in romances)
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el verso endecasilabo
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11 syllables per line
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el verso alejandrino
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14 syllables per line
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versos de arte menor
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between 2 and 8 syllables per line
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versos de arte mayor
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9 or more syllables per line
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la rima abrazada
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abba, cddc, etc
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la rimaencadenada o cruzada
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abab, cdcd, etc
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la rima gemela
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aa, bb, cc, etc
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la rima continua
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aaaa...
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el soneto
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abba abba cdc dcd
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la hiperbole
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exaggeration
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la prosopopeya o personificacion
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personification...nonhuman things acting human (como llora el agua)
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apostrofe
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talking to nonhuman things as if they were human
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el simil o comparacion
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simile or comparison
something is like something else |
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antitesis o contraste
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opposites that are put together (dulce muerte)
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paradoja
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paradox... a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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sinestesia
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describing a sensory experience in the terms of another sense (el amarillo olor)
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climax or graduacion
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expresses a chain or series of thoughts that follow an ascending or descending progression
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la perifrasis or circunlocucion
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mentioning something but not giving its name but rather a quality or circumstance that allows us to figure out what it is
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epiteto
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adjective added to describe something but its really unnecessary (la BLANCA nieve)
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ASINDETON
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omtting conjunctions (veni, vidi, vici)
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anafora
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repetition of words at the beginning of verses or phrases
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polisindeton
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use of more conjunctions than necessary
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aliteracion
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repetition of the initial sound of words
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onomatopeya
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imitating sounds (zumbandome)
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hiperbaton
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changing the order of words
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metonimia
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giving an object a name that comes from its origin
I bought a Picasso |
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sinecdoque
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like a metonimia, but its giving an object a name based on coexistence
You have to make the bread for the family |
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metafora
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metaphor
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alegoria
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el gran teatro del mundo is an allegory for life
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parabola
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una narrativa que tiene intencion didactica (una ensenanza o leccion moral)
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simbolo
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symbol
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