Literary Terms Flashcards
1
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Allusion
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A reference to past literature to history
2
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Meter
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The rhythm of a poem
3
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Aside
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A short speech delivered so that other characters can’t hear
4
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison of two unlike things
5
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Couplet
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A two-line stanza
6
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Alliteration
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds
7
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Free verse
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Poetry without regular rhythm or regular rhyme
8
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Simile
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A comparison of unlike things using like or as
9
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Octave
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An eight-line stanza
10
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Blank verse
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter
11
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Narrative poem
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Tells a story
12
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to non-human things
13
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
14
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Verbal Irony
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Saying one thing and meaning another
15
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Onomatopoeia
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Use of words that mimic their meaning in their sound
