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40 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetation of constant sounds at the beginning of words.
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allusion
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indirect reference to another liteary work/famous person.
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assonance
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repetation fo vowel sounds within non-ryming words
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consonance
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repetation of constant sounds
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ballad
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poem that tells a story and is ment to be sung or recited.
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blank verse
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unrymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
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free verse
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poetry that doesn't contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter.
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Denotation
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dictionary definition of a word
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Connotation
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attidues/feelings associated with a word.
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couplet
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rymed pairs of lines
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Diction
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writers/speakers choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences.
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Meter
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regular pattern of accented/unaccented syllables in like of a poetry
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paradox
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statement that seems initially to be self-contradictory or absurd but that turns out to make sense.
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Metonymy
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subsituting the name of one thing for that of something closely associated with it.
ex: i had a bowl. |
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Synechdoche
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substitution of a part of a thing for the whole of which it is apart.
ex: give her a hand |
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rhyme scheme
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Pattern ofnd rhyme in a poem
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Stanza
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grouping of two or more lines in a pattern that is repeatted throughout a poem.
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Onomatopeia
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use of words such as pow, buzzz, -word that suggests its meaning
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imagery
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descriptive words/phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.
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hyperbole
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figure of speech, where the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for a humarous effect.
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personification
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human qualities are attributed to an object , animal or idea
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Metaphor
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figure of speech-comparison between two lines not using like or as.
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Simile
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figure of speech-comparison using like or as.
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line lengths
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shorter lines often quicken the rhythem.
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Line Endings
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lines that lack punctuation at the end and run on to the next line
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end-stopped lines
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lines w/ punctuation
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poems are usually defined by a type a meter called
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Accentual-syllabic
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accentual syllabic meter is the repetition of meterical ___ or two-three syllable units usually stressed
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Feet
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Iamb
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foot that places the accent sound second or third
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What is the most frequatnly used meter and consists of combinations of feet where the second/third beet is stresed
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IAMBIC
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Trochee
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foot in which the stress is placed first
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Trochaic meter
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inverse of iambic
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one foot
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monometer
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two feet
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dimeter
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three feet
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trimeter
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four feet
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tetrameter
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five feet
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pentameter
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6 ft
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hexameter
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7 feet
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heptameter
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8 feet
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octometer
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