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Exam 1 Preparation Flashcards

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The line

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Where you begin and end the line.

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Stanzas

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These are the blocks that the lines are put into

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Rhythm

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Rhythm is a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form.

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Verse

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The literary device verse denotes a single line of poetry

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Imagery

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Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses

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Figurative Language

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Figurative language uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful.

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Simile

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A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as.” Therefore, it is a direct comparison.

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Metaphor

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Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.

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Cliches

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Cliché refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty.

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Cliche Example

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“I now pronounce you man and wife” (Wedding Ceremony)

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Metaphor Example

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My brother was boiling mad.

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Simile Example

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Our soldiers are as brave as lions.

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Imagery Example

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It was dark and dim in the forest.

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End Stop

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An end-stopped line is a poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit (sentence, clause, or phrase).

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End Stop Example

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“Bright Star, would I were as stedfast as thou art —
Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite …”

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Enjambment

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In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark

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Enjambment Defintion

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I think I had never seen

A verse as beautiful as a flower.

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Caesura

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A pause in the middle of the line

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Caesura Definition

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The headphone explodes, || breaking the mold

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Personification

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Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes.

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Personification Example

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Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t she?

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Alliteration

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It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

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Alliteration Example

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Dunkin’ Donuts

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Assonance

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Assonance takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds

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Assonance Example

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We light fire on the mountain.

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Consonance

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Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

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Consonance Example

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Shelley sells shells by the seashore

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End Rhyme

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End rhyme occurs when the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other

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End Rhyme Example

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Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;”

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Internal Rhyme

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Internal rhyme is a poetic device that can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another.

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Internal Rhyme Example

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Jenny and Me were engaged, you see…

So a kiss or two was nothing to you…

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Exact Rhyme

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Perfect Rhyming

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Exact Rhyme Example

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Cat, Hat

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Slant Rhyme

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The rhyming words sound similar; however, they are often not very close to make a complete rhyme.

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Slant Rhyme Example

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eyes, light; years, yours.

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Consonant Rhyme

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Final consonant of same word, different vowel

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Consonant Rhyme Example

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Mothers, Weathers

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Double Consonant Rhyme

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Vowels are different, surrounding consonants are the same

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Assonant Rhyme

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Vowels the same, different final consonant.

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Assonant Rhyme Example

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Men Sell the wedding bell

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Eye Rhyme

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Look like they should rhyme but they don’t

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Eye Rhyme Example

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The great man down, you mark his favourite flies;

The poor advanced makes friends of enemies

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like their meaning

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Onomatopoeia Example

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The heels clacked on the hardwood floor.

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Diction

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Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

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Syntax

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Syntax is a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought

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Denotative Meaning

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Denotation is generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.

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Denotative Example

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She recognized the lovely aroma of her mother’s cooking. (Smell)

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Connotative Meaning

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Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

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Connotative Example

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He’s such a dog.” – In this sense, the word dog connotes shamelessness, or ugliness.

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Abstract

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Abstract poetry, as the name suggests, is poetry that does not lend itself to a literal, or concrete, interpretation

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Concrete

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poetry in which the meaning or effect is conveyed partly or wholly by visual means, using patterns of words or letters and other typographical devices.

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Memory

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Recollection of past experiences

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive language

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Resonant Detail

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Significant details that hit you, resonant with you

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Speaker

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In writing, the speaker is the voice that speaks behind the scene.

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Narratives

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Narrative is a report of related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical sequence

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Persona

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The term persona has been derived from the Latin word persona, which means “the mask of an actor,” and is therefore etymologically linked to the dramatis personae, which refers to the list of characters and cast in a play or a drama

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Point of View

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Point of view is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation

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Tone

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Tone, in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

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Juxtaposition

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Juxtaposition is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

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