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31 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
Repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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Allusion |
A reference to a well known person or event from history or literature including myths and religion |
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Blank verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Cacophony |
A succession oh harsh, jolting sounds |
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Connotation |
The associations or implied meanings a word calls to mind |
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Couplet |
A pair of rhymed lines |
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Denotation |
The literal definition of a word |
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Euphony |
A succession of smooth harmonious sounds |
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Figure of speech |
An expression or word used imaginatively rather than literally |
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Free verse |
Poetry that follows no set patterns of rhyme, meter or line length |
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Hyperbole |
The use of exaggeration for effect |
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Iambic pentameter |
A line of petty with 10 syllables that alternates between unstressed then stressed syllables |
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Imagery |
The use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses |
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Inversion |
Unusual word order in a line of poetry |
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Metaphor |
An implied comparison between things essentially unlike |
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Meter |
The rhythmical pattern of a poem |
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Onomoatopoeia |
The use of words that imitate or suggest the sound of the thing to which they refer |
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Oxymoron |
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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Paradox |
The existence of two seemingly contradictory things at one time |
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Personification |
A figure of speech in which human/animal characteristics are assigned to nonhuman things |
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Poetry |
Ideas written in verse form |
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Pun |
A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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Refrain |
Repeated phrases, lines, or groups of lines |
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Rhymes (end) |
Repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines of poetry |
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Rhythm |
The measured pattern of sounds in a poem; meter |
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Simile |
A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are directly compared using the words like or as |
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Sonnet |
A 14 line poem that uses a specific rhyme scene and iambic pentameter |
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Stanza |
A division in a poem consisting of a group of related lines |
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Symbol |
When one object is used to represent or suggest another |
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Theme |
The underlying main idea of a literary work |
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Tone |
The writers attitude toward the readers and the subject |
