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34 Cards in this Set
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Verse
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unit of poetry (stanza or line)
or a rhythmic composition. |
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Tone
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the authors attitude
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Persona
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litterally a mask, used to create a 'second self' by an author for a book
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Onomatopoeia
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a word that looks like it sounds
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds, or any vowel sounds
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diction
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the selection/use of words in a speech or writing
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syntax
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the arrangement of the words in a phrase
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End-stop
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when both the complete idea and grammatical structure end
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Enjambement
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the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction to the next line
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Caesura
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a pause/break in a line or verse
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Rhyme
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the matching of final vowel&consonant sounds in two or more words
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End rhyme
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corresponding words rhyme at the end of a line
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Internal rhyme
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corresponding sounds occur inside the line
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exact/perfect rhyme
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when rhyming words have similar sylables
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slant rhyme
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rhyming words only SOUND similar
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assonance
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same/similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
E.G. Loud&Chowder&Down |
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Rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyming (ABAB, ACAC)
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meter
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the recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in a poem
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foot
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a rhythmic unit within a line
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4 questions to see what the FOOT of a meter is
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1. IS there a pattern?
2. What is the pattern? 3. What is being repeated? 4.How many times is it being repeated? |
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stressed syllable
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'
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unstressed syllable
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u (that thingy...)
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meter for 'beneath'
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bënéath ¨ is the unstressed ´ is the stressed. UNSTRESSED STRESSED
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meter for 'happen'
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stressed unstressed
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IAMB
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unstressed stressed
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TROCHEE
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stressed unstressed
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SPONDEE
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stressed stressed
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1 foot
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Monometer
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2 feet
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dimeter
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3 feet
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trimeter
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4 feet
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tetrameter
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5 feet
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pentameter
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6 feet
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hexameter
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7 feet
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heptameter
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