Final Exam II - Poetry Flashcards
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Metaphor
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Comparison statement using like or as
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Speaker
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The voice that “talks” to reader, similar to the narrator in fiction
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds within non rhyming words. Repetition of internal vowel sounds
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Diction
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Choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences
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Consonance
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Repetition of internal consonant sounds within words
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Rhyme
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Internal- rhyme between two or more words within the same line. Opposite is end rhyme.
Exact rhyme- matching of final accented vowel and all following sounds in two or more words (at end of verses)
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Italian sonnet
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1 octet (8 lines) 1 sestet (6 lines)
