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51 Cards in this Set
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onomadtepoeia
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words that sound like their meaning
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denotation
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dictionary defintion of what a word literally means
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alliteration
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words in succession with same beginning sound
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limerick
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humerous, aabba
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euphony
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pleasant sounding arrangement of words, smooth sounding letters, l,m,n,r, soft gentle tone
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connotation
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associated with the denotation
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allusion
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reference to something from history or literature
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simile
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explicit comparision between 2 things using as or like
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metaphor
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implicit comparision
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rhyme scheme
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pattern of rhymes
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sonnet
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14 lines, abab cdcd efef gg
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caesura
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pause within line
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haiku
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3 lines, 5,7,5 syllables
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octave
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8 lines any length
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refrain
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repeated part in same position in each stanza
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consonance
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repeated final consonant in word row
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assonnance
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repeated vowel sound
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apostrophe
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as if speaking directly to subject of poem
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personification
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human qualities to non-human
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hyperbole
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overstatement or gross exaggeration
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elegy
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poem written to commerate the dead
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foot
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one accented syllable on one or two unaccented
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stanza
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group of lines whose natural pattern is repeated
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villanelle
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French poem with form:
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metric unit
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set of 2-3 syllables, only one stressed. Anapestic, dactylic, iambic, trochaic
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iambic
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one foot, two syllables, (iamb) accent on the 2nd syllable, the KING/ was IN/ his COUNT/ ing HOUSE
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anaspestic
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foot using 3 syllables, (anapest) accent on 3rd syllable, Twas the NIGHT/ be-fore CHRIST/ mas ann ALL/ through the HOUSE
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dactylic
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foot using 3 syllables, (dactyl) accent on 1st syllable, HEY did-dle/ DID'dle the/ CAT and the/ FID-dle
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trochaic
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foot using 2 syllables (trochee) accent on 1st syllable, PE-ter/ PET-er/ PUMP-kin/Eat-er
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deux ex machina
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(god from the machine-Latin) sudden plot twist, resolution of seemingly hopeless situation
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Italian sonnet
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(Petrarchan for Petrarch-Italian poet), abba abba cdcdcd
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metonomy
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related item to refer to item itself, As Washingto(DC) for US Gov
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synecdoche
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part to refer to whole, married ear to refer to married husband
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didactic
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instilling feeling, message or moral
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cacophony
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harsh sounds
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epic
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long length poem
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satire
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poke fun at ridiculous
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couplet
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stanza of 2 lines, distich
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tercet
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3 lines
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quantrain
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4 lines
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quintain
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5 lines
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cinquain
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6 lines
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sestet
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7 lines
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eye rhymes
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(sight rhymes)look the same written but not sound alike. through, trough
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blank verse
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unrhymes iambic pentamenter
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soliloquy
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character talks to self to reveal thoughts
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aside
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degression that offers insight or explanation
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spoonerism
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initial consonants of 1st and other word switched
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situational irony
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outcome differs from expectation
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dramatic irony
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speaker words and meaning contradicted
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free verse
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free of conventions
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