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60 Cards in this Set
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IAMBUS
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TROCHEE
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SPONDEE
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PHYRRHIC FOOT
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ANAPEST
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DACTYL
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AMPHIBRACH
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the accent pattern set in the first line of a poem and expected in succeeding lines
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METRICAL PATTERN
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a "sense" pause in the middle of a line (marked with parallel vertical lines)
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CAESURA
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a line that does not end with a pause or with a complete thought
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RUN-ON LINE
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a line that ends with a pause or with a complete thought
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END-STOPPED LINE
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the similiarity between the sounds of words or syllables
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RHYME
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the correspondence between the sounds of words at the end of lines
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END RHYME
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one that is single; run-fun-sun-one-done
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MASCULINE RHYME
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one that is multiple with the rhyming syllable accented and the following ones not accented: showers-flowers-bowers
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FEMININE RHYME
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rhyme of words in the same line or between a word in one line and one with the next
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INTERNAL RHYME
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the rhyme of initial consonant sounds in words
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ALLITERATION
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the agreement of vowel sounds when the endings differ
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ASSONANCE
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the agreement of ending consonant sounds when the endings differ
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CONSONANCE
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the use, when rhyme is expected, of words that do not strictly rhyme
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IMPERFECT RHYME
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the underlying idea of a piece of writing
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THEME
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the term used for the manner of "speaking", the "tone of voice" used by an author to help reveal his attitude towards his subject
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TONE
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characteristic of the protagonist of a tragedy which ultimately leads to his destruction
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TRAGIC FLAW
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element in a tragedy which provides the stimulus for the downfall of the protagonist
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TRAGIC FORCE
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a single line of poetry
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VERSE
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a unit of poetry consisting of a group of related verses, generally with a definite metrical pattern and rhyme
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STANZA
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a division of a long poem, comparable to a chapter in a book
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CANTO
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a major division of a long poem, usually an epic
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BOOK
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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BLANK RHYME
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a line of iambic hexameter
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ALEXANDRINE
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poetry with irregular meter and usually without rhyme
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FREE VERSE
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a pair of successive verses which rhyme
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COUPLET
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a couplet which expresses a complete thought
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CLOSED COUPLET
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a couplet (usually closed) of iambic pentameter lines
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HEROIC COUPLET
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a stanza of three lines, usually all rhyming
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TERCET
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a stanza consisting of four lines, most common
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QUATRAIN
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quatrain where 1st and 3rd lines are iambic tetrameter and 2nd and 4th are rhyming iambic trimeter.
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BALLAD STANZA
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a five line stanza
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QUINTAIN
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a six line stanza
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SESTET
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a stanza of eight lines, 2nd most common
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OCTAVE
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a generally harsh, unpleasant clashing combination of sounds
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CACOPHONY
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reduction to greater compactness
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CONDENSATION
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used to be, any simile or metaphor. Now, a witty turn of expression, or a farfetched figure of speech
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CONCEIT
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verse that is irregular in meter, undignifed in style, trivial in content, and often humorous
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DOGGEREL
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a short, pointed poem, often satrical or humorous
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EPIGRAM
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inscription on a tomb
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EPITAPH
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a form of prose composition where the author expresses a personal opinion
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ESSAY
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any ornate, artifical, elegant style of writing
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EUPHEMISM
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a pastoral poem which presents a natural simplicity in a rustic setting
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IDYL(L)
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a word, expression, or idea that appeals to the senses and clarifies by creating a mental picture
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IMAGE
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the use of words to appeal to the senses- sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
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IMAGERY
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group of 20th century poets (Amy Lowell and Erza Found) who used free verse and wrote on anything
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IMAGISTS
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change in the normal order of words in a sentence
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INVERSION
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five line nonsense stanza
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LIMERICK
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conveying the primary meaning
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LITERAL
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emotional state, expressed by author; his attitude towards a subject
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MOOD
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practical lesson taught by a work
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MORAL
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reason a character acts how he/she does
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MOTIVE
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words which create a sound that is pleasing to the ear
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EUPHONY
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style of 16th and 17th centuries, characterized by its elaborate language
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EUPHUISM
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