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40 Cards in this Set
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poem that tells a story, often in ballad fom
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narrative
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comparison of two things, uses like or as
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simile
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comparison of two things, does not use like or as
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metaphor
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the use of one word in place of another suggested by close associations
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metonymy
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give human qualities to things or ideas
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personification
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direct address to inanimate objects, an absent person, or a deity
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apostrophe
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obvious exaggeration
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hyperbole
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use of words whose real meaning is the opposite of that intended
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irony
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use of words that produce images or meaning
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onomatopoeia
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repetition of initial sounds of words
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds
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consonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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assonance
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pleasing combination of sounds
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euphony
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harsh, jarring combination of sounds
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cacophony
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repetition of word or phrase for effect
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refrain
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a part used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part
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synecdoche
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rhythmic lines of poetry based on a regular succession of accents
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measured verse
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rhythmic lines of poetry based on the rhythm of speech
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free verse
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the mechanics of poetry, understanding meter, rhyme, and stanza structure
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versification or prosody
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made up of feet
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meter
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usually one accented syllable and one or more unaccented syllables
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foot
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meter with one unaccented, one accented
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iambic
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meter with one accented, one unaccented
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trochaic
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meter with two unaccented, one accented
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anapestic
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meter with one accented, two unaccented
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dactylic
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feet with two accented
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spondaic
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feet with two unaccented
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pyrrhic
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natural break or pause in the rhythm
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caesura
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analysis of a line of poetry to determine its metric pattern
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scansion
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rhyme ends accented
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masculine rhyme
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rhyme ends unaccented
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feminine rhyme
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rhyme that only looks similar, but when spoken sound different
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visual rhyme
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a rhyme in which the sounds are similar, but not exact
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near rhyme
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a stanza of four lines
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quatrain
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one group of eight lines abbaabba, one group of six lines cdecde
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Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
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three quatrains abab, cdcd, efef, and a concluding couplet gg
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English or Shakespearean sonnet
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a clause or sentence carries over into the next line
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run-on
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a clause or sentence ends with the line
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end-stopped
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a poem that tells a story in short stanzas, originally songs
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ballad
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poem that tells a story, often in ballad form
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narrative
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