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39 Cards in this Set

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Alliteration
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
Allusions
reference to something famous
Assonance
repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry

lake, fate, base, fade
Blank verse
written in lines of iambic pentameter, but does not have end rhyme.
-ten syllables
-ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
-unstressed and stressed
iambic pentameter
-ten syllables in each line
-ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
-unstressed and stressed
connotation
Secondary meaning of a word or expression
denotation
Direct meaning of set of meaning for a word on expression
consonance
The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words.
-silken, sad, uncertain, rustling
hyperbole
exaggeration often used for emphasis
imagery
language that appeals to the senses
irony
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
litotes
the opposite of hyperbole; understatement
metaphor
A direct comparison to two unlike things
Narrative poetry
A poem that tells a story
onomatopoeia
words that imitate the sound they are naming or sounds that imitate other sounds
oxymoron
two contradictory terms
paradox
a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth
paraphrase
A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words
parody
A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is imitated for comic effect
personification
An animal given human like qualities or an object given life-like qualities
refrain
A sound, word, or phrase or line is repeated regularly in a poem
rhyme
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds
rhyme scheme
A pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme) using letters
setting
The surroundings or environment of anything; time and place
simile
A comparison of two things using "like or as, than, or resembles"
sonnet
A poem of 14 lines using any of a number of rhyme schemes, typically 10 syllables per line
speaker
the narrator
stanza
A group of lines arranged together
symbol
Something that stands for something else
synecdoche
Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to refer to a whole something
synesthesia
A description of one sense in terms if another
"taste the pain"
theme
The lesson learned
tone
The writers attitude to the material and/or readers.
dead metaphor
been used to many times
implied metaphor
comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated
Extended
comparison going for several lines
end rhyme
a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another work on the same line
Approximate rhyme
share consonant sound or vowel but not both (rose lose)