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15 Cards in this Set
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Stanza
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consists of two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem
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Rhythem
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in poetry is just like rhythm in music: the pattern or stressed and unstressed syllables and pauses. It’s the arrangement of the beats
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foot
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their description of the underlying rhythm of a poem
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meter
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In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
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sight
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two words look alike but don’t sound alike, such as “LOVE” and “JOVE” or “DAUGHTER” and “LAUGHTER
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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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imagenary
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Imagery is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses
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symbolism
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symbolic meaning or character
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alliteration
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
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simile
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an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.
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metaphor
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A metaphor happens when one thing is described as being another thing "You're a toad!" is a metaphor
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rhyme scheme
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The ordered pattern of rhymes.
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