Literary Terms Flashcards
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rhyme
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repetition 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 of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
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meter
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reccuring pattern of sounds that give poems their distinctive rhythms
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iambic pentameter
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(type of meter Shakespeare uses) a line of a 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 an entire poem)
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scansion
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the act of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm
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couplet
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two lines of a verse, usually in the same meter and joined by a rhyme, that form a unit
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Imagery
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visual description of an object or sense
- auditory (hearing)
- gustatory (taste)
- olfactory (smell)
- tactile (touch)
- visual (sight)
- kinetic (action)
