Like poem stuff Flashcards

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Inversion

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Unusual word order in a sentence

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Pun

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Used for humor; two distinct meanings for same or simiallr sounding words

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Double entendre

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Pun like; second meaning is usually sexual

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Malapropism

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Character mistakenly using a word they have confused with another

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5
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Aside

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Diagolge spoken by a character to audience; other characters aren’t supposed to hear

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Soliloquy

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Line in a play; character reveals inner thoughts to audience/speaks to themself

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Monologue

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Speaker addresses one or more silent listeners; long speech

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8
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Blank verse

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10 syllables per line that don’t rhyme

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9
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Oxymoron

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Combo of two opposite terms to emphasize meaning

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10
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Paradox

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Contradicting ideas that make sense

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Foil

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Two characters paired up to develop/emphasise certain traits

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(iamb)ic pentameter

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3 quatrains, 1 couplet , 14 lines , 1 unstressed/1stressed pattern in 5

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