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15 Cards in this Set
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stanza
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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
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rhythm
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A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
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foot
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a single rhythmic unit. It is one stressed syllable (or “beat”) and one or more unstressed syllables.
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meter
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refers to the number of feet in a line of poetry.
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sight rhyme
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Eye rhyme, also called visual rhyme and sight rhyme, is a similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently and...
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slant
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two words are nearly rhymed but slightly different, such as “LAKE” and “FATE.”
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identical
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two words are spelled differently but have the same pronunciation (also called homonyms), such as “TWO” and “TOO” or “RITE” and “RIGHT.”
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end
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the rhyming words occur at the ends of lines of poetry.
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internal
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the rhyme occurs inside a line, such as –“Let’s BEAT the HEAT.”
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.
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imagery
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Visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work: "Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion".
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symbolism
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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alliteration
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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simile
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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, (e.g., as brave as a lion).
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metaphor
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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