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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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In verse, many meters use a foot as the basic unit in their description of the underlying rhythm of a poem
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meter
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is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
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sight rhyme
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visual rhyme and sight rhyme, is a similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently
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slant rhyme
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rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical
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identical rhyme
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words that are pronounce the same but has a different meaning and spelling
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end rhyme
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rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry
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internal rhyme
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A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next
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Rhyme scheme
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pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme
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imagery
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illustrate how imagery is used in poetry
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SYMBOLISM
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to deepen the meaning of their poems
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ALLITERATION
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series of words repeat the same consonents or sounds
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SIMILE
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easy way to compare two things like," "as," or "than
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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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