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20 Cards in this Set
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the formal organization of rhythms in a poem
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meter
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the basic metrical unit of a poem
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stanza
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the patterns of beats or stresses in a languange
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rhythm
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repeated words or phrases to make a point
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repetition
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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alliteration
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the use of words to imitate sounds
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onomatopoeia
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the repetition of similar vowel sounds
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assonance
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the use of extreme exaggeration
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hyperbole
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two terms in immediate contrast to one another
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oxymoron
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uses of language to illustrate one meaning while referring to another
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irony
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choiced or use of words or language
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diction
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a self-contradictory or absurd statement
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paradox
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comparison without using like or as
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metaphor
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obscure meaning
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ambiguity
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that which represents an idea or an object
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symbol
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free of rhyme
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free verse
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line of verse with five metrical feet in a pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables
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iambic pentameter
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a comparison using like or as
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similie
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giving human characteristics to nonliving things
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personification
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two rhyming lines of poetry
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couplet
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