key terms Flashcards by Jude Taylor

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adjective

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describes noun

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adverb

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describes verb

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anecdote

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story about something that happened to a person

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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caesura

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a pause in the middle of a line - made by punctuation

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colloquial

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informal everyday language

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direct adress

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speaking directly to audience

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dramatic monologue

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a poem in character using a single voice

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enjambment

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running a line of poetry into the next line

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half rhyme

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words which almost rhyme

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juxtaposition

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opposite ideas next to each other

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metaphor

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describing something as if something else

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onomatopeia

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words that ound like a noize

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personification

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giving something human qualaties

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rhyming couplets

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pairs of lines which rhyme

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semantic field

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group of words about same topic

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siblance

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alliteration with c or s

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sonnet

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love poem
has 14 lines and a volta
has a particular rhyme scheme

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volta

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turning point in a sonnet.

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lyric poem

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no story just expresses emotions

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ballad

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tell a story and have a choraus

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epic

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long serious narrative poem with a hero.

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stanza

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verses