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19 Cards in this Set
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Allusion
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a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication
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Alliteration
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the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases
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Assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
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Ballad
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a verse, often set to music
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Blank Verse
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poetry written in non-rhyming iambic pentameter
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Carpe Diem
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a Latin phrase, meaning seize the day
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Figurative Language
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words and comparisons that are not literal, but create original vivid images and associations
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Hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis
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Imagery
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an expression or recreation through language of any experience perceived through the senses
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Irony
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a tone or figure of speech in which there is a discrepancy - a striking difference or contradiction - between what is expressed and what is meant to be expected
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another
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Meter
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the arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented syllables
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Onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sound reflects their sense or meaning
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech in which two sharply contrasting terms are paired for emphasis or ironic effect
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Personification
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a form of metaphor, or simile in which nonhuman things - objects, plants, animals, forces of nature, abstract ideas - are given human qualities
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Simile
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a figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word like or as
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Stanza
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two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem
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Symbol
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anything that stands for something else
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Anaphora
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the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines
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