American Lit Vocab (days 1-10) Flashcards by Darci Roulain | Brainscape

Q

a short poem of personal feelings

A

lyric

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DUM-DUM stress pattern - stressed/unstressed

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Spondee

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implied meaning

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connotation

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linguistic sound pattern for a verse or a poem

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meter

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indirect reference

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allusion

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out of time or place

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anachronism

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extended metaphor

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conceit

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3 syllables - 1st stressed, last 2 unstressed

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dactyl

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related events in a sequence, story

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narrative

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typical character

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archetype

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addressing a non-existent person or idea

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apostrophe

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a short story or event showing a point

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anecdote

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use of similar parts in a sentence

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parallelism

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unstressed syllable, then stressed syllable

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iamb

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choice of words

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diction

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exaggeration for emphasis

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hyperbole

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first constant sound is repeated

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alliteration

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more than one meaning

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ambiguity

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two opposite sides are joined

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oxymoron

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non human thing given human qualities/attributes

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personification

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3 syllables - 1st two are unstressed last one is stressed

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anapest

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literal meaning

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denotation

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repetitive use of constants

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consonance

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vowel sounds are repeated

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assonance

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stressed syllable followed by an unstressed

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trochee

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long short patterns of syllables

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rhythm