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33 Cards in this Set

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Alliteration
The repetition of identical consonant sounds
Allusion
A cross reference to another work of art, event, person, etc.
Ana'phora
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work
Antithesis
Saying the opposite of what you really mean
Assonance
The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity
Ballad
A narrative poem composed of quatrains rhyming b-a-b-a
Blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura
a short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry
Carpe Diem Poetry
"Seize the day." Poetry concerned with the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present
Consonance
Using words that have identical or nearly identical consonants but whose main vowels differ
Couplet
Two successive rhyming lines
Enjambment
A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line
Eye Rhyme
Words that look as though they should rhyme because they are spelled identically but are pronounced differently
Foot/Feet
A foot is described by the character and number of syllables it contains: in English, feet are named for the combination of accented and unaccented syllables
Free Verse
Verse without regular meter or rhyme
Hyperbole
exaggeration for effect
Iamb
an unstressed/stressed (short/long) foot (or pair of syllables)
Iambic Pentameter
It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat
Image
Images are references that trigger the mind to fuse together memories of sight, sounds, tastes, smells, and sensations of touch
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things, describes one thing as if it were something else
Meter
describes the linguistic sound patterns of a verse, or is the number of feet within a line of traditional verse
Onomatopoeia
A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described
Paradox
a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd
Personification
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions
Quatrain
A four-line stanza or poetic unit
Rhyme
The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words
Simile
A comparison using like or as
Slant Rhyme
A near rhyme in which the end consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels
Sonnet
A poem consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter
Stanza
A group of poetic lines
Synecdoche
Using Part of an object to stand for the whole thing. "Have you got your wheels, man?"
Understatement
Deliberately underplaying or undervaluing a thing to create emphasis
Verse
a line of poetry, and entire poem, or a collection of poetry