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16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds.
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
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Rhyme Scheme
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The alpha [letters] representation of the end rhyme of a poem.
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End Rhyme
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The use of a repeated sound as the last word of a line of poetry.
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Simile
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Comparison of objects using words "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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Comparison saying something "is" something.
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Tone
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The attitude of the narrator. [Ex. Regretful, angry.]
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Theme
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The "motif" of the poem - what the poem is implying on a symbolic level.
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Setting
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The figurative and literal environment in which the contents of a poem take place.
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Speaker
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The narrator of the poem; can be a figure or part of nature.
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Quatrain
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Four lines of poetry.
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Couplet
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Two lines of rhyming poetry [end rhyme].
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Stanza
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Equivalent to paragraphs only in poetry - breaks of thought - grouping of lines.
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Literal Level
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Surface level meaning; no/not much symbolism.
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Figurative Level
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Symbolized level - deeper meaning.
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