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14 Cards in this Set
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Free Verse
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When a poem does not have definite rhyme scheme or regular rhythm.
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Internal Rhyme
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The repeated sounds that come within the lines of the poem.
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
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Stanza
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A unit of orginization in which a pattern of lines is established
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Refrain
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A word or group of words repeated at intervals, usually at the end of a stanza, which sums up or carries along some important idea in a poem.
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Onomatopoeia
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A word or group of words that imitates the sounds the words are describing. (buzz/zoom)
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Alliteration
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The repition of an initial sound or consonant in words
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Assonance
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The repition of a vowel sound in words closely realted
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Couplet
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Two lines of verse which rhyme, used as a unit or part of a poem. Used to give greater emphasis to the idea
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Tercet
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Three lines of a verse that make a unit
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Denotations
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The denotation of a word is its dictionary definition
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Connotations
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The connotations are all those associations which the word causes to rise in our mind
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Imagery
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The use of language that calls to mind something perceived by the five senses
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech based on a comparison in which an item is said to be another, dissimilar item
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