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17 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same sound
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Assonacet
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Repetition of a vowel or similar sounds (think of an off rhyme)
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Blank Verse
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Iambic pentameter verse without end rhyme or stanzaic divisions.
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Caesura
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A pause within or at the end of a line, accentuating the rhythm.
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Couplet
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Two lines (at the end of a Shakespearean Sonnet) that ties everything together and rhymes,
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Foot
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measure of the number of syllables in a line (like a music measure, 4 beats in a measure)
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Free verse
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A verse that doesn't have structure to it, and the rhythm is implied.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration to emphasize an idea or object.
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison of two things.
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Meter
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to measure the number of beats in a pattern.
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to non-human things.
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Scansion
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The dissection of a line of a verse, separated it into feet, with stresses on the second syllable.
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Simile
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A comparison of two unlike things using "Like or As".
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Sonnet
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A 14 line poem that is divided into an octave and a sestet (Italian) or three quadruplets and a cupping couplet (Shakespearean).
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Synecdoche
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Figurative term of an object with a part or detail that create a whole.
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Tone
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attitude towards a subject of a poem, but not necessarily by the author.
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Imagery
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Descriptive writing using the 5 senses.
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