Poetry Final

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Alliteration

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consonance repeated

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Anaphora

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series where the idea is repeated in the beginning

I came, I saw, I conquered

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antithesis

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two terms are grammatically and logically opposed

"My labors give me pleasure"

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apostrophe

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an address to someone not present

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assonance

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repetition of vowels

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audience

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who is it written for?

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blank verse

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no rhymes, usually iambic pentameter

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chiasmus

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idea presented forwards and then backwards

ABCDDCBA, ideas/concepts

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conceit

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elaborate metaphor, usually far-fetched

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consonance

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repetition of the same consonant two or more times

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couplet

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a pair of lines in meter poetry

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diction

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the basic unit of the word and how it is selected

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dramatic monologue

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1. A single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment […].
2. This person addresses and interacts with one or more other people; but we know of the auditors' presence, and what they say and do, only from clues in the discourse of the single speaker.
3. The main principle controlling the poet's choice and formulation of what the lyric speaker says is to reveal to the reader, in a way that enhances its interest, the speaker's temperament and character.

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enjambment

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carry over from one line to the next without any punctuation

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etymology

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the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time

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genre

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is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture

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hyperbole

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exaggerations to create emphasis or effect

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hypotactic

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the arrangement of phrases or clauses in a dependent or subordinate relationship

"Come and take them"

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irony

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Verbal irony is a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.

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lineation

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the arrangement of lines

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metaphor

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figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea

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Metonymy

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Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes.

Examples
The pen is mightier than the sword
The pen is an attribute of thoughts that are written with a pen; the sword is an attribute of military action
We await word from the crown.

I'm told he's gone so far as to giver her a diamond ring

The IRS is auditing me? Great. All I need is a couple of suits arriving at my door.

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metrical contract

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the regular meter set by the poet

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microcosm/macrocosm

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small image of the entire world, symbolically

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oxymoron

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verbal contraditction

jumbo shrimp

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parataxis

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spare, short sentences

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paronamasia

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pun, play on words

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personification

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human attributes given to things

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poetic voice

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the voice in the work

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polyptoton

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different uses of the same word

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prosopopoeia

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Prosopopoeia is a figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking

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quatrain

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4 lines of verse

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rhetoric

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Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience

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rhetorical structure

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A type or mode of language or speech.

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scanning/scansion

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Scansion is the act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse.

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sestet

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six lines of poetry

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simile

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figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like", "as"

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six and eight

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hymn meter

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sonnet

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14 lines

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stanza

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a unit within the poem

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synecdoche

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A figure of speech is which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for a part.

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syntax

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the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.

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topos

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A traditional theme or formula in literature.

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tropes

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A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression

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verse form

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a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.

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vocative

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Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person.

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volta

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the turn of thought in a sonnet

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zeugma

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A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses