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Literary Devices Flashcards

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Rhyme

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Depiction of two or more nearby words of the last stressed vowel and all the syllables that follow it

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Sonnet

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“Little song’ a poem that has fourteen lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, in English usually having ten syllables per line

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Meter

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Reoccurring pattern of sounds that give poems it’s distinctive rhythms

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Iambic Pentameter

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A line if verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short(or unstressed) syllable followed by one long( or stressed) syllable
Ex. Two households, both alike in dignity

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Conceit

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An extended metaphor (often carried through an entire stanza or and entire poem)

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Scansion

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

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Couplet

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Two line of verse usually in the same meter and joining by rhyme, that form a unit

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Imagery

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Visual description of an object or sense

Auditory,Gustatory (taste),Olfactory (smell),Tactile (touch),Visual (sight),(Kinetic) (action)

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