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30 Cards in this Set
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synaesthesia
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Mixture of sensory images
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Controlling image
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Pervasive metaphor
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Reification
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Describes abstract ideas as concrete things
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Antonomasia
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Figure of Speech used in Politics
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Amplification
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an explaination
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Palilogy
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Repeatition
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Anachronism
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Violations of time & space
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Apophasis
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Makes a point through denial
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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Meiosis
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Understatement
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ancedote
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using brief narration of episodes to explain events
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ana
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gossip & other sayings
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Epitome
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Typical plot summary
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epigram
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moral stated by characters @end
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Rime-riche
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Identical rhymes (eg. sea, see)
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Scansion
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describes rhythm
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run-on-line/enjambement
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lack of natural pause @end
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aphorisms
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concise statements intended to make a point
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Denouement
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Resolution of a conflict
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caesura
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Strong lengthy pause
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correspondence
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established rhyme scheme of poem
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strophe
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irregular & unrhymed poetry
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dirges
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short song expressing grief
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Italian Sonnet
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8 lines asking a question & 6 lines resolution
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Spenserian sonnet
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3 quatrains w/linking rhyme scheme
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Aubade
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Early morning song
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Rhapsody
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very emotional poems
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Limerick
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aabba
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Epigram
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short poem w/witty final final twist
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didactic
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instructing
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