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35 Cards in this Set
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Lyric |
Short, Melodious, Imaginative piece of poetry First person |
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Sardonic |
Mocking, Cynical |
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Sonnet |
14 Line Lyric - Iambic Pentameter |
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Didactic |
Intending to teach |
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Elegy |
Formal poem about death (mournful) |
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arduous |
difficult |
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Assonance |
Repeating vowel sounds |
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Frivolous |
Not having value |
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Exposition |
Describing, explain or tell (prose) |
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Sublime |
Excellent, Majestic |
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Exemplum |
Example (to teach) |
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Circumspect |
Wary and unwilling to take risks |
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Strident |
Harsh |
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colloquialisms |
ordinary words |
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ode |
Long Lyric (dedicated to someone) |
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Erudite |
Elite, Scholarly |
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Slant Rhyme |
Rhyme in the last line is similar but not identical |
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Labyrinthine |
intricate |
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couplet |
two consecutive rhyming lines in same meter |
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Aphorism |
Observation |
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Anthropomorphism |
Human traits to nonhumans |
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Paean |
Expression of joyful praise |
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Pastoral |
Work that deals with lives of shepherds |
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Pathos |
Invoking feeling of sympathy/pity |
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incongruous |
not in harmony with the setting |
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capriciously |
sudden change in behaviour |
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obsequious |
really obedient
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congenial |
pleasant, easy |
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censoriousness |
critical |
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prevarication |
telling someone a sneaky lie |
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avuncular |
relating to uncle |
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prodigality |
extreme waste in money |
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profligacy |
very wasteful |
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wry |
dry, mocking humour |
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pariah |
outcast |
