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26 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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an imaginative implied comparison between two unlike things.
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Iamb
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kind of foot
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Pentameter
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a five foot line
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Penta
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five
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Iambic Pentameter
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five-foot lines in which each foot is an iamb
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mood
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the general feeling or atmosphere of the poem
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blank verse
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unrhymed poetry that is written in iambic pentameter
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free verse
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a poem written in free verse does not have any fixed meter, rhyme or line length
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symbol
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is a person, a place or an object that stands for something else.
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rhyme
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the repetition of the same or similar stressed sound or sounds
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end rhyme
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in most poems that rhyme the repetition of syllable sounds occur at the end of the lines.
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rhyme scheme
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if the words at the ends of two or more lines rhyme
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internal rhyme
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repetition of end sounds within a line
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feminine rhyme
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it is more complicated than masculine
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prose
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the ordinary form of written or spoken language without any rhyme or regular rhythm
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poetry
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a type of literature in which the sound and meaning of language are arranged to create powerful images and feelings
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stanza
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a group of lines that form a section of a poem
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rhythm
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the pattern of STRESSED and UNSTRESSED syllables is called rhythm
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stress
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in both poetry and prose some words or syllables receive greater stress
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meter
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the rhythm of the line that has a regular pattern
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scanning
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counting the number and arrangement of stressed (strong) and unstressed (syllables)
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foot
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usually consists of one stressed syllable and its one or more unstressed syllables
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setting
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a time or place in which the action takes place
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characters
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the people, animals, things or machines that act or speak in the poem
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plot
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sequence of events
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climax
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your point of highest tension and greatest interest
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