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20 Cards in this Set
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Assonance |
Repetition of the Similar vowel sounds eg 'funny tummy' 'blue moon'. |
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Direct address |
Poem talks to us |
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Dramatic monologue |
Imaginary speaker addressing imaginary audience - usually one long stanza. |
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End-Stopping |
Pause at the end of a line '.' |
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Enjambament |
When a line runs over from one line of a verse to the next. |
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Free verse |
No regular rhyme, rhythm or line length. |
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Half rhyme |
Words nearly rhyme. |
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Hyperbole |
Over exaggeration - "I've told you a thousand times". |
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Literal language |
Means directly what it states - 'I laughed alot'. |
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Figurative |
Does not mean directly what it says - "I laughed my head off". |
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Litotes |
Opposite of exaggeration. "Its a scratch" for someone who is going to bleed to death. |
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Refrain |
Recurring phrase or lines at the end of each stanza. |
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Rhyme scheme |
Way rhymes within a poem are organised. |
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Shakespearean sonnet |
A B A B (sonnet 14 lines) has a rhyming couplet at the end. |
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Petrarchan sonnet |
A B B A (sonnet 14 lines) no rhyming couplet at the end. Has a volta around 8th line. |
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Alternate rhyme scheme |
A B A B |
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Rhyming couplet |
Two lines following each other which rhyme. |
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Structure |
Number of stanzas and the length. Rhymes and rhythms. |
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Symbol |
Rose is a symbol of love. Crow is death. |
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Tone |
Overall feeling or mood of a poem. |
