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Elements Of Style Flashcards

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Connotative

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An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing

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Denotative

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The fact or primary meaning of the word

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Cacophonous

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Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mix of sounds

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Monosyllabic

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Consists of one syllable

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Colloquial

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Ordinary or familiar conversation

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Melodious

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Producing or having a pleasant tone

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Enjambment

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The continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line or stanza

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Carpe Diem

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Used as an admonition to seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future

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Caesura

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A break between words within a metrical foot

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Pastoral

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A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life

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Consonance

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Agreement or comparability between opinions or actions

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Volta

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A turn in thought in a sonnet, indicated by BUT, YET, or AND YET

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Elizabethan Sonnet

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Used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet. abab cdcd gg

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Assonance

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Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet fallowing any of the various patterns such as cdcde or cdcdcd

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Iambs

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A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

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Trochee

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A foot consisting of one long or stressed followed by one short or unstressed syllable

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Pentameter

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A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet or of two halves of each other and a long syllable

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Quatrain

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A stanza of four lines

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Sestet

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The last six lines of a sonnet

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Haiku Stichomithia

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Dialogue in which two characters speak alternative lines of verse, uses as a stylistic device in Ancient Greek drama

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Villanelle

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A nineteen-line poem with two rhyme throughout

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Scansion

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The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm

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Spenserian sonnet

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Abab bcbd cdcd ee

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Chiasmus

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Reversal

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Juxtaposition

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Parallel to another

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Zeugma

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A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or two other of which it semantically suits only one

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Consonance

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Agreement or comparability between opinions or actions

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Volta

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A turn in thought in a sonnet, indicated by BUT, YET, or AND YET

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Elizabethan Sonnet

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Used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet. abab cdcd gg

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Assonance

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Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet fallowing any of the various patterns such as cdcde or cdcdcd

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Iambs

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A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

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Trochee

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A foot consisting of one long or stressed followed by one short or unstressed syllable

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Pentameter

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A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet or of two halves of each other and a long syllable

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Quatrain

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A stanza of four lines

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Sestet

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The last six lines of a sonnet

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Haiku Stichomithia

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Dialogue in which two characters speak alternative lines of verse, uses as a stylistic device in Ancient Greek drama

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Villanelle

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A nineteen-line poem with two rhyme throughout

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Scansion

A

The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm

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Spenserian sonnet

A

Abab bcbd cdcd ee

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Chiasmus

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Reversal

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Juxtaposition

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Parallel to another

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Zeugma

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A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or two other of which it semantically suits only one

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Ansydeton

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When a sentence does not use conjunctions, just apostrophes

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Apostrophe

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When a character talks to some one not there or dead

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Loose sentence

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Independent clause in the beginning of the sentence

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Litote

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Ironic understatement

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