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43 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repeating cosonant sounds.
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ex) sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
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Allusion
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a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event.
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ex) Coby Brian, Eifell Tower
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Analogy
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a comparison between two situations or ideas.
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Antagonist
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the character that opposes the protagonist and sometimes creates conflict.
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ex) Bob Ewell from TKAM
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Assonance
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repeating vowel sounds.
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ex) how, now, cow
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Ballad
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a long narrative song or poem that tells a story.
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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ex) no rhyme- 10 syllables per line
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Connotation
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the emotional association of a word.
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ex) Summer=hot, fun, relaxing, beach
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Couplet
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back-to-back rhyming lines.
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ex) I do not like green eggs and ham,
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Denotation
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the literal meaning of the word.
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ex) Summer= a 3 moth season from June 21st to Sept. 21st.
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End Rhyme
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words at the end of lines that rhyme(do not have to be back-to-back).
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ex) I taste the salt upon my lips,
I see two children building castles, in the distance of passing ships |
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Epic
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a long narrative poem that has a hero-type character.
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Epitaph
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a message written on a gravestone.
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Extended Metaphor
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a metaphor at great length.
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Fable
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a tale in which the character are animals and the moral of the story is revealed.
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Figurative Language
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language used to express a comparison of unlike things.
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ex) metaphor, simile, personification, imagery
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Foot
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a group of syllables consisting of one accented and one unaccented syllable.
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ex)Ash/ton
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Free Verse
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poetry written with rhythm, but no pattern of rhyme or meter.
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Hyperbole
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An exxagerated figure of speech.
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ex) I had to walk a thousand miles today.
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Iambic Pentameter
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a line of five feet with a pattern
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ex) Shall i compare thee to a summers day?
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Imagery
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word that prevoke emotion in poetry.
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ex) Often has to do with the 5 senses
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Internal Rhyme
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two words that rhyme within the same line.
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things
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ex) You are my sunshine
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Meter
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the pattern of the stressed and unstressed syllables
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Octave
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an eight line stanza of poetry.
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Onopatopoeia
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a sound written as words.
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ex) smack, pow, bam
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Oxymoron
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a description of something using its opposite.
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ex) jumbo shrimp
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Personification
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giving human characteristics to a non-living thing.
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ex) the engine purred
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Point of View
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The relationship between the telling of the story and the characters in it.
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Protagonist
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the main character in a work of literature.
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ex) Scout Finch from TKAM
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Quatrian
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4 lines of poetry.
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Repitition
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when a sound, word, or phrase is repeated for emphasis.
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Rhyme
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words that sound alike.
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ex) lay/bay/hay
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Rhyme Scheme
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pattern on how words rhyme in a poem.
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ex)ABAB, CDCD
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Rhythm
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the pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds.
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Seset
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a six line stanza of poetry.
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Simile
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a comparison of two unlike things.
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ex) your love is like a rock.
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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14 line poem with an iambic pentameter each line.
with rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEFGG all as one stanza |
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Petarchan Sonnet
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14 line poem that has an iambic pentameter in each line with a rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CCD CCD, 2 stanzas(1 octave and 1 sestet)
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Sound Devices
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the techniques the author uses to enhance the sound of poetry.
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Stanza
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a group of lines that form a section of poetry.
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Theme
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The main meaning of the poem.
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Tone
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The feeling the author expresses in poetry,
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