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18 Cards in this Set
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Couplet |
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
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Stanza |
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
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Meter |
A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem.
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Free Verse |
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
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Blank Verse |
Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
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Narrative Poem |
A poem that tells a story and has a plot.
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Alliteration |
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Onomatopoeia |
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
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Hyperbole |
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Consonance |
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
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Repetition |
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
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Lyric Poem |
A type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry.
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Imagery |
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
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Metaphor |
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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Rhythm |
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
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Personification |
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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Internal Rhyme |
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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End Rhyme |
When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.
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