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10 Cards in this Set
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Assonance
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the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together
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Alliteration
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the repetition of a consonant sound, usually at the beginning of words
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Allusion
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a reference to a statement, person, place, event or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, mythology or politics, etc.
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Ballad
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a song or song-like poem that tells a story
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Blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Caesura
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a pause or break in the flow of sound
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Consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words
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Couplet
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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Enjambment
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the running of a thought from one line of verse to the next
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Figure of Speech
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a word or phase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level
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