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24 Cards in this Set
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Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
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alliteration
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repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together
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assonance
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song or song-like poem that tells a story
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ballad
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two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by rhythm or rhyme
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couplet
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long narative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
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epic
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poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
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free verse
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language that appeals to the senses
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imagery
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poetry that expresses a speaker's emotions or thoughts and does not tell a story
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lyric poetry
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
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metaphor
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a metaphor that is developed over several lines or throughout an entire poem
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extended metaphor
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a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed sylables in poetry
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meter
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use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
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onomatopoeia
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type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
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personification
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type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the reader's emotions and imagination
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poetry
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repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
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rhyme
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rhymes that occur at the ends of lines
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end rhyme
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rhymes that occur within lines
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internal rhyme
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the power of rhymed lines in a poem
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rhyme scheme
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musical quality in language, produced by repetition
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rhythm
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
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simile
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fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter
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sonnet
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group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem
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stanza
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person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself
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symbol
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the attitude a writer takes toward that reader, a subject, or a character
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tone
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