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